Chapter 1 Vocab: Why Physical Fitness?

Question 1

Health

Answer 1

A state of complete well-being, and not just the absence of disease.

Question 2

Sedentary Death Syndrom

Answer 2

Term used to describe deaths that are attributed to a lack of regular physical activity.

Question 3

Chronic disease

Answer 3

Illnesses that develop and last a long time

Question 4

Physical Activity

Answer 4

Bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles; requires expenditure of energy and produces progressive health benefits.

Question 5

Exercise

Answer 5

A type of physical activity that requires planned, structured, and receptive bodily movements with the intent of improving or maintaining physical fitness.

Question 6

Moderate Physical Activity

Answer 6

activity that uses 150 calories of energy per day or 1,000 calories per week

Question 7

Risk Factors

Answer 7

lifestyle and genetic variables that may lead to disease

Question 8

Vigorous Activity

Answer 8

any exercise that requires a MET level of equal to or greater than 6 METS

Question 9

Physical fitness

Answer 9

the ability to meet the ordinary as well as the unusual demands of daily life safely and effectively without being overly fatigued and still have energy left for leisure and recreational activities.

Question 10

Health-related fitness

Answer 10

fitness programs that are prescribed to improve the health of the individual

Question 11

Hypo-kinetic diseases

Answer 11

illnesses related to lack of physical activity

Question 12

Skill-related fitness

Answer 12

fitness components important for success in skillful activities and athletic events; encompasses agility, balance, coronation, power, reaction time, and speed.

Question 13

Physical fitness standards

Answer 13

a fitness level that allows a person to sustain moderate to vigorous physical activity without undue fatigue and the ability to closely maintain this level throughout life.

Question 14

Metabolic fitness

Answer 14

a component of physiological fitness that denotes reduction in the risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease through a moderate-intensity physical activity program in spite of little or no improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness.

Question 15

metabolic profile

Answer 15

a measurement to assess risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease through plasma insulin, glucose, lipid and lipoprotein levels

Question 16

Cardiorespiratory endurance

Answer 16

the ability of the lungs, heart, and blood vessels to deliver adequate amounts of oxygen to the cells to meet the demands of prolonged physical activity.