WorksheetsGrade 8 Lifelong Fitness & Healthy Habits
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is a Blue Zone?
a)
A region with a lot of blue-colored homes.
b)
A geographic area where people have a lot of stress.
c)
A place with a very high number of people who live to be 100 or older.
d)
A zone designated for recycling and protecting the environment.
2.
Why is forming healthy habits so important as you grow up?
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3.
Draw an activity that would promote cardiovascular endurance?

4.
Whish is not one of the skill based components of fitness?
a)
reaction time
b)
flexibilty
c)
agility
d)
balance
5.
Why is it important to know the skill based and health based components of fitness?
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6.
Which is NOT part of the 3 part habit loop?
a)
goal
b)
cue
c)
reward
d)
behavior
7.
Once a habit is formed, someone may expereince a c (a) g, causing them to want to do the habit.
8.
What is the ability of a muscle to exert force against resistance?
a)
flexibilty
b)
muscular endurance
c)
cardiovascular endurance
d)
muscular strength
9.
Which is a low impact activity?
a)
running
b)
swimming
c)
jumping rope
d)
basketball
10.
What is an example of a health promoting habit?
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11.
What is an example of a negative, or damaging, habit?
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12.
Which best describes the relationship between habits and goals?
a)
Habits are always easy to form, but goals are always hard to achieve
b)
Goals are what you do, and habits are what you want to achieve.
c)
Habits are the small actions you repeat to help you achieve your larger goals.
d)
Goals and habits are unrelated; they have nothing to do with each other.
13.
What is the role of the "cue" in the habit loop?
a)
It is the part of your brain that forms the habit.
b)
It is the repeated behavior that makes up the habit.
c)
It is the reward you get after doing the habit.
d)
It is the trigger that tells your brain to start the habit.
14.
When you form a new habit, a new _______ in your brain forms and strengthens over time, making it difficult to break the habit.
a)
neural pathway
b)
routine
c)
section
d)
thought
15.
The domapine rush (feel good chemcials being released in the brain) that happens in the brain after going on social media is an example of a habit (a) .
16.
What is the break way to break a bad habit?
a)
simply stop doing the habit
b)
replace the bad habit with a new, positive one
c)
wait for it to go away on it's own
d)
punish yourself everytime you do the bad habit
17.
Which two health based components of fitness would be most important for a long distance runner to have.
a)
muscular strength
b)
muscualr endurance
c)
flexibilty
d)
cardiovascular endurance
18.
How many minutes should you play or exercise every day?
a)
10
b)
20
c)
30
d)
60
19.
What component would be most important to a long distance runner?
a)
Reaction time
b)
Cardiovascular endurance
c)
Agility
d)
Muscular Strength
20.
Which dimension of wellness focuses on exercise, nutrition, avoiding diseases and injuries?
a)
Social
b)
Physical
c)
Financial
d)
Emotional
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