Personal Fitness Exam

Question 1

Aerobic capacity

Answer 1

The ability of the cardio respiratory system to provide and use oxygen during very hard exertion over a specific amount of time. The max oxygen uptake test measures aerobic capacity.

Question 2

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 2

Eating disorder in which a person severely restricts the amount of food eaten in an attempt to be exceptionally low in body fat.

Question 3

Body composition

Answer 3

The proportional amounts of body tissues including muscle, bone, body fat, and other tissues that make up your body

Question 4

Body fat level

Answer 4

Percentage of body weight that is made up of fat

Question 5

Carbohydrates

Answer 5

Type of nutrient that provides you with your main source of energy

Question 6

Cardiorespiratory Endurance

Answer 6

Ability to exercise your entire body for a long time without stopping

Question 7

Cardiovascular System

Answer 7

Body system that includes your heart, blood vessels, and blood; provides oxygen and nutrients to the body

Question 8

Dynamic Movement Exercise

Answer 8

Exercises such as jumping that are often used in a warm-up for activities requiring strength, power, and speed, move joints and stretch

Question 9

Dynamic Warm Up

Answer 9

Dynamic movement exercise that increases body temp and gets muscles ready for more vigorous exercises; can serve as some or all of warm up

Question 10

Fat

Answer 10

Nutrient that provides energy, helps growth and repair cells, and dissolves and carries certain vitamins to cells

Question 11

FITT Formula

Answer 11

Prescription or recipe (based on ingredients of frequency, intensity, time, type) for appropriate physical activity

Question 12

Health Related Fitness

Answer 12

Parts of physical fitness that help a person stay healthy;includes cardio respiratory endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, strength, power, and body composition

Question 13

Heat Index

Answer 13

Scale that rates the safety of the environment for exercise based on temp and humidity

Question 14

Interval Training

Answer 14

Type of training that uses bouts of high intensity exercise followed by rest periods

Question 15

Micronutrient

Answer 15

Nutrient that your body needs in smaller amounts than it needs carbs, protein, and fats

Question 16

Obesity

Answer 16

Condition of being especially overweight more than the healthy range

Question 17

Physical Activity Pyramid

Answer 17

Diagram that describes the various types of physical activity that produce good fitness, health, and wellness

Question 18

Protein

Answer 18

Group of nutrients used for building, repairs, and maintaining your body cell

Question 19

Reps

Answer 19

The number of consecutive times you do an exercise

Question 20

RICE

Answer 20

Formula in which each letter reps a step in treating a minor injury R=rest I=ice C=compression E=elevation

Question 21

Respiratory system

Answer 21

Body system made up of your lungs and the passages that bring air, including oxygen from the outside in

Question 22

Set

Answer 22

One group of Repetitions

Question 23

Skill related fitness

Answer 23

Parts of fitness that help a person perform well in sports and activities requiring certain skills; parts- agility, balance, coordination, reaction time, and speed

Question 24

Static stretching

Answer 24

Stretch preformed slowly as far as you can without pain, until you feel a sense of pulling or tension

Question 25

Threshold of Training

Answer 25

Minimum amount of overload you need in order to build physical fitness