|2026/2027 UPDATED |GUARANTEED PASS.
Pressure - Answer -The force or weight pressing upon a surface.
Barometer - Answer -An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
Ambient Pressure - Answer -Also known as absolute pressure, this refers to the total force being
exerted simultaneously by all existing sources of pressure.
Atmospheric Pressure - Answer -One barometric unit of measure (1 bar or 1kg/cm2)
One atmospheric unit of measure (1 atm or 14.7lbs/in2)
1 bar = 1 atm
Pressure increase by 1 bar or 1 atm - Answer -Every 10m or 33ft of seawater
Gauge Pressure - Answer -The manner in which a diver's instruments measure and display
pressure-related information. It disregards atmospheric pressure and only provides a
measurement of the actual force being exerted by another source of pressure.
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, Bar Conversion - Answer -= psi / 14.7
Psi Conversion - Answer -= bar x 14.7
Meters Conversion - Answer -= feet / 3.3
Feet Conversion - Answer -= meters x 3.3
Depth to Pressure Calculation (Seawater) - Answer -= (meters / 10) + 1
= (meters + 10) / 10
= (feet / 33) + 1
= (feet + 33) / 33
Pressure to Depth Calculation (Seawater) - Answer -= (bar - 1) x 10
= (bar x 10) - 10
= (atm - 1) x 33
= (atm x 33) - 33
Depth to Pressure Calculation (Freshwater) - Answer -= (meters / 10.3) + 1
= (meters + 10.3) / 10.3
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