Vocabulary for Success Lesson 2-9th grade

What personal qualities are needed to become a triathlete? Select all the options that apply

• Must be good in all the three fields (running, biking and swimming).

• Must be excellent in all the three fields (running, biking and swimming).

• Be extremely dedicated

• Understand all the sports rules.

• Willing to endure pain and setbacks.

Select all the options that apply.

Information on the personal life and athletic career of Chrissie Wellington:

• suffer from eating disorder

• is from Finland

• was hit by a car

• won four world championships

Select all the options that apply.

Information on the personal life and athletic career of Stuart Hayes:

• from London

• hate to swim

• was to skinny to win a race

• he trains 30 hours a week

Select all the options that apply.

Information on the personal life and athletic career of Paula Newby-Fraser:

• from Australia

• World’s greatest triathlete

• eight time world championship

• In 1995, she collapsed in Hawaii.

Of the following instruments, the one that can measure a radius is:

• speedmeter

• scale

• ruler

To make a valid deduction, it is important to use:

• comparison

• reason

• examples

To be optimal is:

• to be in the best condition

• to move quickly

• to awaken early

Amplitude is a measure of:

• force

• direction

• height

The audience could tell that his arguments were fundamentally false. Fundamentally means:

• usually

• basically

• for some people

Select all the options that apply.

Choose the technical aspects that athletes must become experts:

• The athletes needs to find the optimal stroke or stride or pedaling motion.

• The athletes must also make sure to get enough fluids and minerals during the race.

• The athletes read sports books to become better triathletes.

• Swimmers must adjust their strokes to the amplitude of the waves.

• The proper seat height creates the smoothest pedaling motion.