Assume that the temperature of your body will adjust to the surrounding temperature as you descend. Keep in mind that, in general, your breathing adjusts to keep the same number of particles of air in your lungs at different depths. What will happen to the potential energy due to intermolecular forces between air molecules in your lungs as you dive down into the ocean? The potential energy will decrease (more negative). The potential energy will first increase and then decrease as you go deeper into the ocean. The potential energy will remain the same. The potential energy will increase (less negative).