Vocab

Question 1

Physical Activity

Answer 1

Any form of movement that causes your body to use energy

Question 2

Physical Fitness

Answer 2

The ability to carry out daily tasks easily and have enough reserve energy to respond to unexpected demands

Question 3

Sedentary Lifestyle

Answer 3

A way of life that involves little physical activity

Question 4

Osteoporosis

Answer 4

A condition characterized by a decrease in bone density, producing porous and fragile bones.

Question 5

Metabolism

Answer 5

The process by which your body gets energy by food.

Question 6

Cardiorespiratory endurance

Answer 6

The ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to utilize and send fuel and oxygen to the body’s tissues during long periods of moderate-to-vigorous activity

Question 7

Muscular strength

Answer 7

The amount of force a muscle can exert

Question 8

Muscle endurance

Answer 8

The ability of the muscles to preform physical tasks over a period of time without becoming fatigued

Question 9

Flexability

Answer 9

The ability to move a body part through a full range of motion

Question 10

Body composition

Answer 10

The ratio of body fat to lean body tissue, including, muscle, bone, water, and connective tissue such as ligaments, cartilage, and tendons.

Question 11

Exercise

Answer 11

Purposeful physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive and that improves or maintains personal fitness

Question 12

Aerobic exercise

Answer 12

Any activity that uses large muscle groups, is rhythmic in nature, and can be maintained continuously for at least 10 minutes three times a day or for 20 to 30 minutes at one time

Question 13

Anaerobic exercise

Answer 13

Intense short bursts of activity in which the muscles work so hard that they produce energy without using oxygen

Question 14

Overload

Answer 14

Working the body harder than it is normally worked

Question 15

Progression

Answer 15

The gradual increase in overload necessary to achieve higher levels of fitness

Question 16

Specificity

Answer 16

Particular exercises and activities improve particular areas of health-related fitness

Question 17

Warm-up

Answer 17

An activity that prepares the muscles for work

Question 18

Workout

Answer 18

The part of an exercise program when the activity is preformed at its highest peak

Question 19

F.I.T.T.

Answer 19

Frequency, intensity, time/duration, type of activity

Question 20

Cool-down

Answer 20

An activity that prepares the muscles to return to a resting state

Question 21

Training program

Answer 21

A program of formalized physical preparation for involvement in a sport or another physical activity

Question 22

Hydration

Answer 22

Taking in fluids so that the body functions properly

Question 23

Anabolic steroids

Answer 23

Synthetic substances that are similar to the male hormone testosterone

Question 24

Health screening

Answer 24

A search or check for diseases that an individual would otherwise not have knowledgeable of or seek help for

Question 25

Overexertion

Answer 25

Over working the body

Question 26

Heat cramps

Answer 26

Muscle spasms that result from a loss of large amounts of salt and water through perspiration

Question 27

Heat stroke

Answer 27

A condition in which the body loses the ability to rid itself of excessive heat through perspiration

Question 28

Frostbite

Answer 28

A condition that results when body tissues become frozen

Question 29

Hypothermia

Answer 29

Is a condition in which body temperature becomes dangerously low

Question 30

Muscle cramp

Answer 30

A spasm or sudden tightening of a muscle

Question 31

Strain

Answer 31

A condition resulting from damaging muscle or tendon

Question 32

Sprain

Answer 32

An injury to the ligament surrounding a joint

Question 33

Resting Heart Rate

Answer 33

The # of times your heart beats in one minute when you are not active