Being Active

Being active is very important to everyone. Anything that makes you ______ your body, keeps you active.

• active

• move

• not moving

• not active

__________ is moving and being active. You might feel tired or a little warm after exercising.

• Warm-up

• Cooldown

• Exercise

• Running

You need energy to be active and exercise.

• True

• False

It is important to remember you can still do less active activities, like reading a book, and it’s not important to balance these with plenty of activity.

• True

• False

Can you think of five ways of exercising you might do over this week?

Exercise is extremely important for you because it keeps your body _______.

• muscular

• fantastic

• strong

• healthy

Exercise is important is because it makes you feel great! The more active you are, the more energy you will have. This energy will make you feel fantastic!

• True

• False

Exercise is also very important for the ________ inside your body.

• organs

• head

• lungs

• ribcage

Your heart is a _______. This means that the more active you are, the stronger your heart gets.

• bone

• muscle

• fat

• blood

Your heart becomes very weak when you are active and exercise.

• True

• False