Physical Education & Health G12B Answer Key
WEEK 1:Nature and Background of Outdoor Recreation
Recreation is derived from the Latin word recreare which means to be refreshed
Answer: True
Engaging in outdoor recreational activities helps people to rest, de-stress or unwind, and feel revitalized.
Answer: True
Activities done indoors in the natural setting help in making people realize the great things that nature
provides mankind.
Answer: False
The indoors may be in their most natural state or “semi-natural” state, which is a state where it had
gone through some human modification but has retained its natural features.
Answer: False
The “Leave No Trace Seven Principles” is a set of universal outdoor ethics that guides one in the
activities to do with nature.
Answer: True
WEEK 2: Aquatic Activities
Derived from the Latin word recreare which means to be refreshed.
Answer: recreation
The upward force of the water on an object. This is the reason why boats and people float on water.
Answer: buoyancy
The pressure exerted by the water at equilibrium due to the force of gravity. In other words, it is the
weight of the water pressed down on the object.
Answer: hydrostatic pressure
It is the upward force of the water on an object.
Answer: aquatics
Peeking through life underneath water by swimming with the aid of a snorkel and mask.
Answer: snorkeling
A piece of equipment that makes it possible to breathe at the surface while the face is the submerged in
water.
Answer: snorkel
Small and inflatable, which provide more buoyancy while floating on water.
Answer: snorkel vests
Helps prevent the mask from fogging up.
Answer: mask defogger
A big help in keeping hair out of the snorkel and the face as well.
Answer: swimming cap
Have a single, full blade while the split fin is “semi-parted ” in the web, separating the blade into two
long, stiff blades.
Answer: paddle-bladed fins
WEEK 3-4: Canoeing and Kayaking
Kayaking and canoeing both require a paddle for propulsion and steering.
Answer: True
A kayak has a covered deck, while a canoe is wide open.
Answer: True
Kayak were originally made from the large tree trunks.
Answer: False - Canoes
Sea canoeing is done in open waters such as the ocean or the lake. Kayaks may be sit-on-top or decked
design.
Answer: False
Surf kayaking is where the kayak is typically fitted with a fin, rather like a surfboard.
Answer: True
Q1 Long Quiz (Performance Task 2)
It is an acronym for Self – Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
Answer: scuba
Engaging in outdoor recreational activities helps people to rest, de-stress or unwind, and feel revitalized.
Answer: Psycho-Emotional Benefits
Outdoor activities are ways for families to become closer.
Answer: Social Benefits
Whitewater kayaking is where the kayak is typically fitted with a fin, rather like a surfboard
Answer: False - Surf Kayaking
This is the reason why boats and people float on water
Answer: buoyancy
“Pack it in pack it out” means everything you brought should be brought back with you including leftover food or fruit peel. Nothing should be left.
Answer: true
Flatwater recreation is relaxing canoeing or kayaking where you can take a gentle paddle down a calm
river, ocean, or lake to do sightseeing.
Answer: True
Recreation is derived from the latin word
Answer: recreare
Peeking through life underneath water by swimming with the aid of a snorkel and mask. What do you
call this activity?
Answer: snorkeling
Feed wild animals or birds as it is not their natural food
Answer: False - Do not feed
Racing is a lengthy race down a river using the kayak or canoe
Answer: Marathon
It is means to be refreshed
Answer: Recreation
Walk, run, bike, or camp on durable surfaces like established tracks, rocks, gravel, and dry grasses
Answer: True
Whitewater kayaking is where the kayak is typically fitted with a fin, rather like a surfboard.
Answer: False – Surf Kayaking
The pressure exerted by the water at equilibrium due to the force of gravity It is the weight of the water
pressed down on the object
Answer: Hydrostatic Pressure
When trekking, maps and compass must be used to avoid markings or leaving of marks on rocks and the
like.
Answer: True
It is derived from the Latin word recreare which means to be refreshed.
Answer: recreation
Positive outdoor experiences can stir up spiritual values.
Answer: none of these - Spiritual benefits
A beam in the center of a canoe that allows the canoe to rest on a person’s shoulder when portaging.
Answer: Yoke
It is originated from the carib word “kenu” which means dugout.
Answer: Canoe
It is the beam in the center of a canoe that allows the canoe to rest on a person’s shoulder when
portaging
Answer: yoke
WEEK 6: Scuba Diving Q1 Written Work 3
Scuba diving will require certain certification or c-card for one to be allowed to dive or even rent the
scuba equipment.
Answer: True
Scuba diving is a diving method where a diver uses a regulator as the as the breathing apparatus and a
tank with compressed air which enables the diver to breathe normally underwater.
Answer: True
Diving is really a old adventure as one seem to enter an entirely new world, with species that can only
be find in water.
Answer: False - New world/ new adventure
A pre-dive safety check must be done before going to the water. This is performed once a diver is
wearing his/her gear and is done with a dive buddy.
Answer: True
Descending to water should not be done in a slow and controlled way; this is what they call the
controlled descent.
Answer: False
WEEK 7: Surfing Q1 Performance Task 3
Surfing involves riding ocean waves with a surfboard.
Answer: True
Hydrodynamics is the study of water in motion.
Answer: True
Swells is a geographic term that describes the amount of open water over which a wind has blown.
Answer: False - Fetch
Weather forecasting can predict both elements of swells—offshore storm systems and the length of a
wind’s fetch.
Answer: True
Surf breaks are permanent features that cause waves to break in a predictable way.
Answer: True
WEEK 8-9: Swimming Written Work 3
A diving method where a diver uses a regulator as the as the breathing apparatus and a tank with
compressed air which enables the diver to breathe normally underwater.
Answer: Scuba
He developed an improved diving bell.
Answer: Edmund Halley
Englishman who built the “diving engine,” which was an underwater oak cylinder supplied with
compressed air from the surface.
Answer: John Lethbridge
Creates the air pocket to have a clearer view of the underwater life.
Answer: Dive Mask
Delivers the steady supply of air from the cylinder with the right pressure.
Answer: Regulator
Monitors the diver’s depth, time of being underwater, and the remaining time for one to be safely down
in the water.
Answer: Dive Computer
Is a sport that is often considered as much an attitude or way of life as it is a sport.
Answer: Surfing
The study of water in motion.
Answer: Hydrodynamics
A geographic term that describes the amount of open water over which a wind has blown.
Answer: Fetch
Provides the needed light as it can be dark underwater.
Answer: Dive Lights