Benefits of Physical Activity

T or F: Physical activity is associated with improved academic performance.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Emmie is new at school and doesn't know anyone. After she joins the track team, she makes lots of new friends. This an example of the __________ benefits of exercise.

• physical

• academic

• social

• spiritual

Teenagers should engage in muscle and bone strengthening activities for at least ______ minutes a day.

• 20

• 30

• 50

• 60

Aerobic exercise is __________.

• light exercise that gets you warmed up and increases your heart rate

• moderate to vigorous exercise that requires large amounts of oxygen and improves your cardio-respiratory system

• intense exercise designed to create strength

Anaerobic exercise __________.

• includes intense exercises such as running, jumping, and biking

• improves your cardio-respiratory system

• requires little oxygen but uses short bursts of energy

Metabolism is __________.

• a rupture of a blood vessel in your brain

• the way the food you eat is converted into energy

• a serious illness caused by lack of exercise

• the way oxygen moves through the body

The most force you can exert or the weight you can lift at one time indicates your __________.

• endurance

• anaerobic capacity

• muscle strength

• lung strength

True or False: If you consume more food

than your body expends in energy, the excess is stored in your body as fat.

• True

• False

What are the three stages of exercise:

• Warm up, Workout, Cool down

• Aerobic, strength, endurance

• Warm up, cool down, strength

• Workout, Cool down, anaerobic

True or False: The best way to build up heart and lung endurance is

by doing moderate to vigorous exercise for at least 60 minutes on most days.

• True

• False