Exam 3: Cardiorespiratory Endurance

Which of the following is an energy-containing nutrient?

To where does pulmonary circulation carry blood?

Approximately how many seconds does it take to circulate the total blood volume of a 150-pound person at rest?

Your target heart rate zone is from 50 percent to 70 percent of your maximum heart rate.

Into what substance do most carbohydrates break down during digestion?

Fit individuals use a greater proportion of fat as fuel.

List at least three benefits of warming up before exercise and cooling down after exercise. Give at least two examples each of appropriate warm-up and cool-down activities.

Exercise reduces levels of high blood pressure.

Exercise can help prevent cell damage caused by free radicals.

Taking part in multiple types of endurance activities is called

What effect does regular moderate endurance exercise have on a person?

Which is the most important exercise factor for achieving training effects?

Blood pressure is greater during systole than during diastole.

Blood flow to the skin decreases during exercise.

Urine color is a good indicator of how hydrated a person is.

The nonoxidative (anaerobic) energy system is used for high-intensity activities lasting about 10 seconds to 2 minutes.

Improved fitness allows you to exercise at higher intensities before the abrupt build-up of metabolic acids referred to as the lactate threshold.

Heatstroke requires emergency medical treatment.

Which small blood vessels distribute blood throughout the body?

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the