Physical Activity Quiz

PDF page 8: Becoming physically fit and participating in physical activity are important, yet distinct, parts of achieving optimal health. Physical fitness is the ability to carry out daily tasks without getting too tired and with enough leftover energy to enjoy leisure-time pursuits. Physical activity is any muscle movement that increases energy expenditure including activity related to a person's job, transportation, leisure-time activity, and purposeful exercise. Participating in physical

PDF page 8: instructions, and relationships.” A simpler way to put this is that physical activity is any bodily movement that is produced by skeletal muscles and requires energy expenditure (calories “burned”).

PDF page 8: activity increases physical fitness.

PDF page 9: Physical activity is often divided into four domains: Domestic/household, transportation,

PDF page 9: • Transportation: biking to work, walking to school, rollerblading to the store

PDF page 9: • Domestic/household: vacuuming, completing yard work, clearing the dishes

PDF page 9: • Leisure-time: physical activity that is completed in an individual’s leisure time (i.e.,

PDF page 9: swimming, jogging, hiking, dancing, participating in weight-training regimens, etc.)

PDF page 9: The type of physical activity experience that brings about changes in skill is called practice. The relatively permanent effect of practice is learning. Physical activity experiences, known as

PDF page 9: The type of physical activity experience that brings about changes in skill is called practice. The relatively permanent effect of practice is learning. Physical activity experiences, known as

PDF page 10: training, are employed to develop such performance qualities as muscle strength and endurance, cardiorespiratory endurance, or flexibility. The state of having developed these qualities is known as conditioning. Generally, practice without training, or training without practice, is an incomplete formula for developing excellence in sport. Training experiences that improve our general capacity for performing daily activities and preventing disease processes

PDF page 10: Exercise is defined as “a specific type of physical activity that is planned, structured, and

PDF page 10: repeatedly done to improve or maintain physical fitness.” Exercise is a subcategory of physical activity that is planned and structured. It involves repetitive bodily movement and is performed to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness (Caspersen, Powell, & Christenson, 1985; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). Examples of this can be swimming, walking, jogging, aerobics, stationary machines, treadmills, or going for a bike ride.

PDF page 10: repeatedly done to improve or maintain physical fitness.” Exercise is a subcategory of physical activity that is planned and structured. It involves repetitive bodily movement and is performed to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness (Caspersen, Powell, & Christenson, 1985; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). Examples of this can be swimming, walking, jogging, aerobics, stationary machines, treadmills, or going for a bike ride.