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So that they may breath underwater.

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Q: Why do scuba divers carry oxygen cylinders?
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Why do you need oxygen cylinders when you go scuba diving?

The simple answer is ... you don't. A majority of scuba dives use compressed air in the cylinders. Therefore you don't need "oxygen" cylinders. HOWEVER, if you are a diver that is diving on Nitrox, in which divers change the amount of oxygen vs nitrogen in their air, then your tank needs to be "oxygen clean" because you are putting oxygen in first, then nitrogen.


If there is no oxygen on the moon then how does the man in the moon breathe?

By oxygen tanks - similar to SCUBA divers.


Give one use of oxygen?

For oxygen masks for firefighters, scuba divers etc


Where can one purchase a scuba regulator online?

Scuba regulators, also called 'diving regulators', are vital for scuba divers to properly obtain oxygen from a tank. Regulators are available for purchase through diving specialty stores such as Prime Scuba, House of Scuba, and Divers Direct.


What is the name of a compressed air cylinder used in skin diving?

Divers (and others) call the compressed air cylinders used by divers tank(s) or SCUBA tank(s).


What is the collective noun of scuba divers?

The collective noun is a bubble of scuba divers.


How man can survive in water without oxygen?

They can't survive without oxygen but they can survive with an oxygen mask that scuba divers use and with supply of oxygen of course .


Why only oxygen is not used in tanks of scuba divers?

Naturally the air we breath has 70% of nitrogen and only 21% of oxygen, this is done is scuba diving as well. Just oxygen is not enough for living, while oxygen is essential one.


Who can get bends?

scuba divers


Who uses a scuba-suit?

Many people use a SCUBA suit for diving. Sport divers, police divers and some Navy recovery divers.


Before a diver dives will he will take a deep breath or hyperventilate?

Free divers do but scuba divers do not need to. Scuba divers take their air with them and would have no need to hyperventilate.


How do scuba divers move?

They swim