Fitness

Question 1

What nutrients does the body burn during aerobic exercise?

Answer 1

Carbohydrates and fats

Question 2

What is the abundance and speed in which energy is produced during aerobic exercise?

Answer 2

Slowly and in great quantities

Question 3

How long does anaerobic energy typically last?

Answer 3

30 seconds to 3 minutes

Question 4

What are the two types of anaerobic energy systems?

Answer 4

High energy phosphates (alactic)
Anaerobic Glycolysis (lactic)

Question 5

Where is ATP stored?

Answer 5

In muscle cells

Question 6

What are the 6 major nutrient groups?

Answer 6

Water
Lipids
Vitamins
Minerals
Carbohydrates
Proteins

Question 7

What mineral does vitamin c help absorb?

Answer 7

Iron

Question 8

What is vitamin K crucial for?

Answer 8

Blood clotting

Question 9

What vitamin is crucial for the production of ATP from glucose?

Answer 9

Vitamin B

Question 10

What 3 minerals help harden bones and teeth?

Answer 10

Calcium, magnesium and phosphorus

Question 11

What mineral is a critical part of hemoglobin?

Answer 11

Iron

Question 12

What minerals help maintain your bodies PH balance?

Answer 12

Potassium, sodium and chlorine

Question 13

Where do most carbohydrates you eat with the exception of lactose from milk come from?

Answer 13

Plants

Question 14

What are monosaccharides and disaccharides ?

Answer 14

Carbohydrates that come from fruits, honey, sugar cane

Question 15

Where do polysaccharides come from?

Answer 15

Vegetables and grains

Question 16

Is glucose a monosaccharide, disaccharide or polysaccharide ?

Answer 16

Monosaccharide

Question 17

What monosaccharide is most important in the production of ATP

Answer 17

Glucose

Question 18

Most of the carbohydrates that your body consumes are converted to ________

Answer 18

Glucose

Question 19

If energy from glucose is not needed right away it can be stared in what two forms?m

Answer 19

Glycogen in your liver and muscles

Glycerol and fatty acids to make triglyceride fat

Question 20

Why are omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acids called essential fatty acids?

Answer 20

Because your body can’t make them so they have to be ingested

Question 21

Carbohydrates ______ energy and fats ________ and ________ energy.

Answer 21

Provide

Insolate and store

Question 22

What nutrient provides the bulk of your muscle and connective tissue?

Answer 22

Protein

Question 23

What do anabolic reactions do?

Answer 23

Build structures and require energy

Question 24

What do catabolic reactions do?

Answer 24

Break things down and release energy

Question 25

what is the autonomic nervous system

Answer 25

part of your brain and a set of nerves that operate without you thinking of them, even when you’re asleep.

Question 26

What are the two main parts of the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 26

The sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system

Question 27

How does the sympathetic nervous system work?

Answer 27

manages increases in heart rate and blood pressure in emergency situations.

Question 28

How does the parasympathetic nervous system work?

Answer 28

Helps balance out the sympathetic nervous system and controls the natural relaxation response, especially after you’ve been in fight-or-flight mode. It controls slowing your heart rate and blood pressure, among other things, especially when you’re resting.

Question 29

what is released by the sympathetic nervous system so your body can react faster?

Answer 29

adrenaline

Question 30

why is high heart rate variability an indicator of good health

Answer 30

it means your body can adapt to stress and changing situations more quickly

Question 31

why is low heart rate variability more common in people who have higher resting heart rates?

Answer 31

because there is less time between beats when your heart is beating faster