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WorksheetsGCSE Effects of Exercise
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 10mins
During exercise, your breathing rate increased in order to accommodate:
Increased carbon dioxide needs of your muscles
Increased oxygen needs of your heart
Increased oxygen needs of your muscles
Increased carbon dioxide needs of your lungs
Sweating is an example of what type of effect of exercise?
Immediate
Short Term
Long Term
All of these answers
Which of these is a immediate effect of physical exercise?
Increased Heart Rate
Increase in aerobic fitness
Improvement in stamina
Short term effects refer to those experienced up to ______ hours of exercise
36
24
24
12
Short term effects of exercise are
immediate and long lasting
immediate and temporary
Over a period of time and long lasting
Over a period of time and temporary
Which of the following is NOT a short term effect of exercise?
Fatigue
DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness)
Light headedness
Hypertrophy
Which one of the following is a short-term effect of exercise on the muscular system?
Decrease in stroke volume
Increase in the temperature of the muscles
Decrease in blood flow from the heart
Increase in muscle mass
What do the effects of Lactic acid result in?
Fatigue
Energy
Muscular pain
Muscular growth
What is vascular shunt?
A hormone released from the adrenal glands
The rise of the heart rate before exercise
When blood is distributed to the working muscles and less to the non-essential organs
A drop in temperature of the heart
As we start exercising, the heart does which of the following?
The heart rate decreases and beats with greater force
The heart rate decreases and beats with lower force
The heart rate increases and beats with lower force
The heart rate increases and beats with greater force
What does DOMS stand for?
Delayed Onset Muscle Strain
Deliberate Onset Muscle Soreness
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
Delayed Offset Muscle Soreness
What are the short term effects of exercise?
Cramp, Fatigue, Increased heart rate
Cramp, DOMS, Nausea
DOMS, Nausea, Muscle Strain
DOMS, Nausea, Increased heart rate
During exercise the skin reddens because...
Sweat is red
Capillaries close to the surface expand to release heat
The skin is cold
Which of the following does not change as a specific result of long term exercise?
Body Shape
Lactic Acid Build Up
Heart Size
Resting Heart Rate
Regular exercise causes stroke volume to...
Increase
Decrease
Remain the Same
Stop
Regular exercise causes resting heart rate to...
Increase
Decrease
Remain the same
Stop
The amount of blood ejected from the heart per beat is the...
Stroke Volume
Cardiac Output
Heart Rate
Tidal Volume
Your heart becomes stronger and bigger as a result of long term exercise this is known as?
Left Ventricle
Muscular Hypertrophy
Cardiac Hypertrophy
Cardiac Atrophy
Which of these are long term effects of exercise on the cardiovascular system?
A stronger heart and less chance of heart disease
Stronger breathing muscles and less chance of lung disease
All of these answers
Stronger bones and less chance of fractures
Long term effects of exercise are...
Immediate and long lasting
Immediate and temporary
Over a period of time and as a result of regular exercise
Over a period of time and as a result of one training session
Which of these are long term effects of exercise on the respiratory system?
Increased vital capacity
Increased lung efficiency
Increased maximum oxygen uptake
All these answers
What is bradycardia?
Lower resting heart rate
Increase in the size of the heart
Decrease in the size of the heart
Higher resting heart rate
Cardiac Output increases as your Stroke Volume is increased due to a larger left ventricle muscle. What is Cardiac Output?
The amount of blood ejected from the heart per beat
The amount of blood ejected from the heart per minute
The amount of air inspired or expired per breath
The amount of air inspired or expired per minute.
Stroke Volume is...
The volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle per minute
The volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle per beat
The volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle per breath
The volume of blood the heart receieves at rest
