A Swimmer Cannot Use a Long Hose to Snorkel More

question 61

Multiple Choice

A swimmer cannot use a long hose to snorkel more than a meter deep because air

• A)in the lungs cannot easily be expelled.
• B)tends to liquify in the snorkel tube.
• C)is buoyed up leaving the swimmer breathless.
• D)at the surface will not freely enter the higher-pressure region in the compressed lungs.
• E)all of these

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