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Physiological Effects of Exercise

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fatigue can be defined as 'muscle tiredness when the body has a lack of energy'.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

When we exercise, our muscles feel warmer due to increased blood flow to muscles

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What waste product is generated in the muscle during aerobic exericse?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Lactic acid

4.

What waste product is produced at the muscle during anaerobic respiration which causes muscles to stop working?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Lactic acid

5.

What happens to heart rate and breathing rate during exercise to remove carbon dioxide and lactic acid?

a)

They stay the same

b)

The decrease

c)

They increase

6.

When we exercise, blood is redistributed to the working muscles from organs of a lesser priority. This is called...

a)

Vascular shift

b)

Vasocontriction shift

c)

Vascular shunt

d)

Vascular buffer

7.

During exercise, why does tidal volume increase?

a)

To restrict the amount of air going into and out of the lungs.

b)

To enable more air to enter and leave the lungs per breath

8.

Breathing rate x tidal volume =

(a)  

9.

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

a)

Decrease in stroke volume

b)

Increase in temperature of the muscles

c)

Decrease in blood flow from the heart

d)

Increase in muscle mass

10.

Identify the 2 long term effects of exercise on the heart

a)

Heart hypertrophy

b)

Increase in resting heart rate

c)

Increase in cardiac output

d)

Increase in minute ventilation

11.

Identify 2 effects of exercise on the lungs

a)

Decrease in lung volume

b)

Increase in minute ventilation

c)

Decrease in resting heart rate

d)

Increase in tidal volume

12.

Which of the following are not long term effects of a 3 month training programme on the muscular system?

a)

Increased rate of removal of lactic acid

b)

Decreased speed of contraction

c)

Decreased recovery rate

d)

Helps with injury prevention

e)

Increased strength of connective tissue (tendons and ligaments)

13.

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

14.

Which of these is a immediate effect of physical exercise?

a)

Increased Heart Rate

b)

Increase in aerobic fitness

c)

Improvement in stamina

15.

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

16.

Which of these is a immediate effect of physical exercise?

a)

Increased Breathing Rate

b)

Lower resting Heart Rate

c)

Lower Breathing Rate

d)

Bigger and stronger Muscles

17.

Lactic acid has what effect on exercising?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neither

18.

Working muscles produce heat therefore increasing?

a)

Muscle energy

b)

Muscle temperature

c)

Muscle fatigue

d)

Muscle growth

19.

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

a)

Increased carbon dioxide needs of your muscles

b)

Increased oxygen needs of your stomach

c)

Increased oxygen needs of your muscles

d)

Increased carbon dioxide needs of your stomach

20.

Sweating is an example of what type of effect of exercise?

a)

Immediate

b)

Short Term

c)

Long Term

d)

All of these answers

21.

Which is an immediate effect of training on the skeletal system?

a)

Increase muscle temperature

b)

Increased flexibility

c)

Increased heart rate

d)

Increased breathing rate

22.

Which is an immediate effect of training on the muscular system?

a)

Increase temperature of synovial fluid

b)

Increased blood flow

c)

Increased blood pressure

d)

Increased depth of breathing

23.

Which is an immediate effect of training on the cardiovascular system?

a)

Increased flexibility

b)

Increased cardiac output

c)

Increased rate of breathing rate

d)

Rise in muscle temperature

24.

Which is an immediate effect of training on the respiratory system?

a)

Muscle soreness

b)

Vascular shunting

c)

Increased depth of breathing

d)

Increased synovial fluid

25.

The long term effects of exercise effect which body systems

a)

Cardiovascular System

b)

Respiratory System

c)

Skeletal System

d)

Muscular System

e)

All of the above

26.

What does Cardiac Hypertrophy mean?

a)

How often your heart beats.

b)

The strengthening of the muscles around the heart.

c)

Heart Rate x Stroke Volume.

d)

When you fun as fast as you can and win a trophy.

27.

Give an example of a type of exercise that would produce cardiac hypertrophy.

(a)  

28.

What is Muscular Hypertrophy?

a)

When the muscles increase in size.

b)

When the muscles become more elastic.

c)

When the muscles increase in temperature.

29.

Which of the following is a long term effect of exercise on the cardiovascular system?

a)

Increase in heart rate

b)

Increase in recovery time

c)

Decrease in maximum heart rate

d)

Decrease in resting heart rate

30.

True or False? If you exercise regularly then you will have a lower resting heart rate.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Which of these is a immediate effect of physical exercise?

a)

Increased Heart Rate

b)

Increase in aerobic fitness

c)

Improvement in stamina

32.

Short term effects of exercise are

a)

immediate and long lasting

b)

immediate and temporary

c)

Over a period of time and long lasting

d)

Over a period of time and temporary

33.

Which of the following is NOT a short term effect of exercise?

a)

Fatigue

b)

DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness)

c)

Light headedness

d)

Hypertrophy

34.

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

35.

What do the effects of Lactic acid result in?

a)

Fatigue

b)

Energy

c)

Muscular pain

d)

Muscular growth

36.

What are the short term effects of exercise?

a)

Cramp, Fatigue, Increased heart rate

b)

Cramp, DOMS, Nausea

c)

DOMS, Nausea, Muscle Strain

d)

DOMS, Nausea, Increased heart rate

37.

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

38.

Which of the following does not change as a specific result of long term exercise?

a)

Body Shape

b)

Lactic Acid Build Up

c)

Heart Size

d)

Resting Heart Rate

39.

Regular exercise causes stroke volume to...

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Remain the Same

d)

Stop

40.

Regular exercise causes resting heart rate to...

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Remain the same

d)

Stop

41.

The amount of blood ejected from the heart per beat is the...

a)

Stroke Volume

b)

Cardiac Output

c)

Heart Rate

d)

Tidal Volume

42.

Your heart becomes stronger and bigger as a result of long term exercise this is known as?

a)

Left Ventricle

b)

Muscular Hypertrophy

c)

Cardiac Hypertrophy

d)

Cardiac Atrophy

43.

Which of these are long term effects of exercise on the cardiovascular system?

a)

A stronger heart and less chance of heart disease

b)

Stronger breathing muscles and less chance of lung disease

c)

All of these answers

d)

Stronger bones and less chance of fractures

44.

Long term effects of exercise are...

a)

Immediate and long lasting

b)

Immediate and temporary

c)

Over a period of time and as a result of regular exercise

d)

Over a period of time and as a result of one training session

45.

Which of these are long term effects of exercise on the respiratory system?

a)

Increased vital capacity

b)

Increased lung efficiency

c)

Increased maximum oxygen uptake

d)

All these answers

46.

Cardiac Output increases as your Stroke Volume is increased due to a larger left ventricle muscle. What is Cardiac Output?

a)

The amount of blood ejected from the heart per beat

b)

The amount of blood ejected from the heart per minute

c)

The amount of air inspired or expired per breath

d)

The amount of air inspired or expired per minute.

47.

Stroke Volume is...

a)

The volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle per minute

b)

The volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle per beat

c)

The volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle per breath

d)

The volume of blood the heart receieves at rest