Health
Wellness
Vocabulary
100

Any movement that makes your body use extra energy.

Physical Activity

100

The feeling of stability and control.

Balance

100

What is the smooth and effective working together of your muscle and bones called?

Coordination

200

The ability to handle physical demands of everyday life without becoming overly tired.

Physical Fitness

200

Planned physical activity done regularly to build or maintain one's fitness.

Exercise

200

The ability of your muscles to use force.

Strength

300

The ability to perform difficult physical activity without getting overly tired.

Endurance

300

The ability to move joints fully and easily through a full range of motion.

Flexibility

300

The proportions of fat, bone, and muscle that make up body weight.

Body Composition

400

How efficiently your heart and lungs work when you exercise and how quickly they return to normal when you stop.

Heart and lung endurance

400

The ability of a muscle to repeatedly use force over a period of time.

Muscle endurance

400

The ability to stick with a task or activity for a long period of time.

Stamina 

500

Every time you make your muscles work against a force, such as gravity.

Muscle strength

500

The places where two or more bones meet.

Joints

500

The four elements of fitness.

Strength, endurance, flexibility, and body composition.

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