Physical Education

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Mr. Albert is an elementary physical education teacher. For an activity, he writes various letters on large poster boards and has his class stand in a line perpendicular to him. He holds up a poster board with a letter and the students think of a way to shape their body to mimic the shape of the letter. This activity is most likely to promote the students' physical development in which of the following areas? Body awareness, Eye-foot coordination, Tactile awareness, Muscle memory

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Body awareness

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Which of the following is a common metric used to evaluate a student's body fat? Body mass index, Waist-to-hip ratio, Weight, Waist-to-age ratio

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Body mass index

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Which of the following movements most clearly demonstrates a basic non-locomotor body management? Hopping up and down, Throwing a baseball, Standing on a balance beam, Leaping with variation in distance

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Standing on a balance beam

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Which of the following is the best example of a non-locomotor activity? Have students run an obstacle course that incorporates skipping, running, and jumping; Have students stand back to back and have them practice passing a basketball between each other by rotating their hips while remaining in place; Time students in a quarter-mile footrace; Have students jump on incrementally higher boxes until they can no longer jump high enough onto the next box

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Have students stand back to back and have them practice passing a basketball between each other by rotating their hips while remaining in place

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Asking students to practice throwing and catching a baseball best promotes which of the following skills?
Options: Manipulative skills, Rhythmic skills, Self-efficacy, Fine motor skills

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Manipulative skills

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A physical education teacher has second-grade students make twisted, narrow, wide, and round shapes. Which of the following are students working on?

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Body awareness

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Which of the following activities focuses on the use of locomotor skills? running a mile, kicking a soccer ball, clapping in time to music, balancing on one foot

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running a mile

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Activities that develop gross motor-visual skills almost always involve the use of a

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ball

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According to current research in the field of physical education, which of the following best promotes student participation in lifelong physical activity? Learning how to play popular sports and games, Playing for a team that wins games regularly, Acquiring basic skills needed to participate in a variety of activities, Becoming familiar with common gymnasium equipment

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Acquiring basic skills needed to participate in a variety of activities