Body in Motion

Question 1

What is FITT?

Answer 1

Frequency, intensity, time, type

Question 2

What is aerobic?

Answer 2

An exercise that is dependant on oxygen utilisation by the body to enable muscular work. It involves an activity of lower intensity

Question 3

Example of aerobic

Answer 3

Marathon

Question 4

What is anaerobic?

Answer 4

An exercise that is not dependant on oxygen utilisation and focuses more high intensity and impact form of exercise

Question 5

Example of anaerobic

Answer 5

Weight training, sprinting, jumping

Question 6

What are the Skill related components of fitness?

Answer 6

Power, speed, agility, coordination, balance, reaction time

Question 7

What is an Agonist muscle?

Answer 7

The muscle that moves

Question 8

What is an Antagonist muscle?

Answer 8

The muscle that relaxes

Question 9

What is inspiration?

Answer 9

The process of taking air into the lungs

Question 10

What is expiration?

Answer 10

The process of removing air from the lungs

Question 11

What is gaseous exchange?

Answer 11

The transfer of oxygen from inhaled air into blood and transfer of carbon dioxide from the blood into exhaled air

Question 12

What is external gaseous exchange?

Answer 12

The transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide into the bloodstream through diffusion.

Question 13

What is internal gaseous exchange?

Answer 13

Oxygen is loaded into the bloodstream and carbon dioxide is unloaded from the bloodstream. Occurs in alveoli

Question 14

What is the atria?

Answer 14

The top superior chambers of the heart

Question 15

What are ventricles?

Answer 15

The two inferior chambers of the heart

Question 16

What is systolic?

Answer 16

Relating to the chase of the heartbeat when heart muscles contract and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries

Question 17

What is diastolic

Answer 17

Relating to the phase of the heart beat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood

Question 18

What are arteries?

Answer 18

The muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body

Question 19

What are arterioles?

Answer 19

A small branch of an artery leading into the capillaries

Question 20

What are capillaries?

Answer 20

Any of the five branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venuoles

Question 21

What are venuoles?

Answer 21

Very small veins, especially ones carrying blood from the capillaries

Question 22

What are veins?

Answer 22

Any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen depleted blood towards the heart

Question 23

What are the components of blood?

Answer 23

55% plasma and 45% red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets

Question 24

What is the aorta?

Answer 24

Largest blood vessel in the body that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body

Question 25

What is the Inferior Vena Cava?

Answer 25

Carries deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body

Question 26

What is the Superior Vena Cava?

Answer 26

Carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body

Question 27

What is isometric contraction?

Answer 27

Occurs when the muscle ibres are activated and develop force, but muscle length doesn't change

Question 28

What are long bones?

Answer 28

Bones that are longer than wide and function as levers

Question 29

What are short bones?

Answer 29

Bone that have short action and are found in small spaces e.g wrist