The statement below describes a situation in which opposite quantities combine to make 0. Is the statement true or false?
A diver descends to the shipwreck and, after he is done exploring, returns to the surface of the water.
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The statement is true. When the diver descends to the shipwreck, they are moving downward, which can be represented as a negative quantity. However, when the diver returns to the surface of the water, they are moving upward, which can be represented as a positive quantity. These opposite quantities cancel each other out, resulting in a total of 0.