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Understanding EPOC and Oxygen Consumption

Understanding EPOC and Oxygen Consumption

Assessment

Interactive Video

Biology

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the acronym EPOC stand for?

Extended Physical Oxygen Capacity

Exercise Post-Exertion Oxygen Consumption

Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption

Excessive Physical Oxygen Consumption

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the approximate oxygen consumption at rest for an adult human?

5.0 milliliters per minute per kilogram

2.5 milliliters per minute per kilogram

3.5 milliliters per minute per kilogram

4.5 milliliters per minute per kilogram

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During exercise, what does the purple line on the graph represent?

The oxygen debt

The demand for oxygen

The actual oxygen supply

The oxygen deficit

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term used to describe the gap between oxygen supply and demand during exercise?

Oxygen debt

Oxygen surplus

Oxygen deficit

Oxygen balance

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is achieved when the body supplies sufficient oxygen to meet exercise demands?

Oxygen debt

Exercise homeostasis

Oxygen surplus

Anaerobic threshold

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why does the body continue to consume oxygen after exercise?

To increase heart rate

To pay back the oxygen debt

To decrease body temperature

To build muscle mass

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two components of EPOC?

Initial and final components

Primary and secondary components

High and low components

Fast and slow components

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