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BTEC Sport - Short term effects of exercise

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What acid builds up in muscles during exercise

a)

Citric

b)

Lactic

c)

Hydrochloric

d)

Sulphuric

2.

Which exercise type predominantly causes lactate accumulation ?

a)

Anaerobic

b)

Aerobic

3.

Cardiac output is

a)

The volume of blood pumped out of the heart per minute

b)

The volume of blood pumped out of the heart per beat

c)

The number of times the heart beats in a minute

4.

The number and depth of breathing increases during exercise. Which bodily system is this associated with?

(a)  

5.

After exercise what has to be paid back ?

(a)  

6.

During exercise, your breathing rate increased in order to accommodate:

a)

Increased carbon dioxide needs of your muscles

b)

Increased oxygen needs of your heart

c)

Increased oxygen needs of your muscles

d)

Increased carbon dioxide needs of your lungs

7.

Which one of the following is a short-term effect of exercise on the muscular system?

a)

Decrease in stroke volume

b)

Increase in the temperature of the muscles

c)

Decrease in blood flow from the heart

d)

Increase in muscle mass

8.

During exercise the skin reddens because...

a)

Sweat is red

b)

Capillaries close to the surface expand to release heat

c)

The skin is cold

9.

When i exercise my Heart Rate......?

a)

Slows Down

b)

Stays the Same

c)

Speeds Up

d)

Stops

10.

Your Maximum Heart Rate is 220 minus what?

a)

Your Height

b)

Your Weight

c)

Your Shoe size

d)

Your Age

11.

Our breathing gets faster and deeper because

a)

We need to get more nitrogen into our body

b)

We need more oxygen

c)

we feel like it

12.

As we start exercising, the heart does which of the following?

a)

The heart rate decreases and beats with greater force

b)

The heart rate decreases and beats with lower force

c)

The heart rate increases and beats with lower force

d)

The heart rate increases and beats with greater force

13.

Working muscles produce heat therefore increasing?

a)

Muscle energy

b)

Muscle temperature

c)

Muscle fatigue

d)

Muscle growth

14.

One of the short- term effects of exercise on the respiratory system is:

a)

low demand of oxygen

b)

increased breathing rate

c)

decreased depth of breathing

d)

low rate of CO2 removal

15.

What are the short term effect of exercise on the muscular skeletal system?

a)

•Increased production of synovial fluid

•Increased range of movement in the joints

•Micro tears in muscle fibres

•Increased metabolic activity

b)

•Micro tears in muscle fibres

•Increased metabolic activity

c)

•Increased heart rate

•Increased metabolic activity

•Sweating

•Hypertrophy of the heart

d)

•Increased range of movement in the joints

•Micro tears in muscle fibres

•Hypertrophy of the heart

16.

Synovial joints also contain a layer of cartilage surrounding the bone to protect the joint. Cartilage does not have a good blood supply so it relies on the synovial fluid by absorbing it to give it extra protection.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What is the correct term for tearing parts of your muscle fibres during exercise? (Not injury based)

a)

Muscle tear

b)

Strain

c)

Sprain

d)

Micro tears

18.

When your body redirects blood by changing the size of its blood vessels. This is know as...

(a)  

19.

Select the healthy blood pressure

a)

80 / 50

b)

140/90

c)

90 / 60 - 120/ 80

d)

120 / 90