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CHAPTER 15 ANSWERS
Answers

Page 9 - Page 16 - WHO ARE YOU GOING TO CALL? e. Splashing can upset other swimmers.
SMART RULES FOR INTERNET SAFETY 1. Police, Fire & Rescue and Ambulance Service. f. Eating before swimming can cause cramp
1. Remember people online may not be who 2. Ambulance Service. and eating is never allowed while swimming.
they say they are. 3. Police. Save your food until after you have got dry
4. Police and Fire & Rescue Service. and changed.
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WHAT DO THESE ROADSIGNS MEAN? 5. Police and Ambulance Service. g. Because they could hurt themselves or other
swimmers.
6. Police, Fire & Rescue and Ambulance Service.
1. Stop and give way.
2. Give way to traffic on major road. 7. Police, Fire & Rescue and Ambulance Service. h. Swimming under the diving board near the
‘no swimming’ sign.
3. School crossing patrol ahead. 8. Mountain Rescue and Ambulance Service . Page 28 - INLAND WATER SAFETY
4. Road works. 9. Coastguard.
5. Roundabout. 10. Ambulance Service, Cave and Mountain Rescue. 1. Reservoir sides are steeper, rocky and sharp,
possibly wet and slippy, with no ladders or
6. No cycling. Page 17 - AT YOUR SERVICE easy-to-grip sides.
7. Slippery road. 1. Police and Coastguard.
8. Pedestrian crossing. 2. Police, Mountain Rescue and Cave Rescue. 2. The base slopes to provide a shallow end,
for standing and for weak or non-swimmers
9. No entry to all vehicles. 3. Police and Ambulance Service. to relax and a deep end where it may be
10. No motor vehicles. 4. Coastguard. safe to dive and for competent swimmers.
11. Ahead only. 5. Ambulance Service, Police and Fire & Rescue. 3. A reservoir’s purpose is to store water, not to
12. Uneven road. 6. Cave Rescue and Ambulance Service. provide safe swimming. There is no way to
13. Road narrows on both sides. Page 25 - YOU MIGHT THINK YOU KNOW know how the base of the reservoir is shaped.
14. Danger/warning. ME BUT... YOU DO NOT 4. Debris, pipes, equipment, branches, rocks
15. Cross-roads. SPEED: 1a. 30mph. 1b. 70mph. and rubble.
16. 20% steep hill downwards. 2. between 100-140mph. 3. c. = 125mph. 5. You could hurt yourself jumping or diving in
Page 15 - LIFE IN THE FAST LANE WEIGHT: 1000g = 1kg. 1000kg = 1 metric tonne. and hitting something hard under the water.
1. Hardshoulder. InterCity train weighs approx. 450 tonnes. You could get tangled up and drowned, you
2. Signpost. POWER: Steam. Diesel or electricity. could get cut or hurt.
3. Bridge. BRAKES: About 20 football pitches. 6. There are lifeguards, any heating or filtering
4. Overhead lighting. Page 27 - THE SWIMMING POOL equipment is hidden away, there are lifebelts
5. Central reservation. a. The side of the pool is very slippy and and steps to get in and out.
6. Rumble strip. running could make you fall over. 7. With difficulty! See question one above.
7. Emergency call-box. b. She is diving in front of the ‘no diving’ sign. 8. The cold, steep sides or any hidden obstacles
8. Embankment. c. You could hurt someone. can affect two people the same as one.
9. High fence. d. Ensure that swimmers are safe and stick to There is no safe way to swim in a reservoir
10. Marker post. the pool rules. and there is no safe way to be rescued.

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