A fat like substance found in animal cells and some foods, such as meats, dairy products, and egg yolks.
What is cholesterol?
100
The state of optimal physical, mental, and social well-being.
What is health?
100
Skills used by a person to take control of his or her lifestyle or behavior to stay physically active.
What is self-management skills?
100
A blood vessel that carries blood filled with waste products from the body cells back to the heart.
What is a vein?
100
Movement using the larger muscles of the body; includes sports, dance, and activities of daily life; may be done to accomplish a task, for enjoyment, or to improve physical fitness.
What is physical activity?
200
Physical activity done especially for the purpose of becoming physically fit.
What is exercise?
200
A health problem in which blood pressure is too high.
What is hypertension?
200
The capability for doing a specific task well; improves with practice.
What is skill?
200
A state of being that enables a person to reach his or her highest potential; includes intellectual, social, emotional, physical, and spiritual health.
What is wellness?
200
A condition that occurs when a person is overly concerned about getting enough exercise.
What is activity neurosis?
300
A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to other parts of the body.
What is an artery?
300
Refers to an exceptionally high body temperature; may result from exercise in the heat.
What is hyperthermia?
300
Anything that increases a person’s chance of a health problem occurring.
What is a risk factor?
300
A combination of wind and temperature. A high wind-chill factor puts a person at high risk of hypothermia and frostbite
What is a wind-chill factor?
300
A sudden failure of the heart to function properly; occurs when the blood supply into or within the heart is cut off.
What is a heart attack?
400
The force of blood against the walls of the arteries.
What is blood pressure?
400
An elongated sticky cell in the blood that helps the blood clot; too much fibrin is implicated in the development of atherosclerosis.
What is fibrin?
400
A rule that states that in order to improve fitness, one needs to do more physical activity than one normally does.
What is Principle of Overload?
400
The correct range of physical activity to build fitness.
What is a target fitness zone?
400
How hard a person performs physical activity; part of the FITT formula.
What is intensity?
500
A disease in which a person’s body cannot regulate its blood sugar level.
What is diabetes?
500
Substances that carry cholesterol through the bloodstream.
What is lipoproteins?
500
A questionnaire that helps you determine whether you are physically and medically ready to participate in physical activity.
What is PAR-Q?
500
How long a person does physical activity; part of the FITT formula.
What is time?
500
Factors that influence whether you will practice a healthy lifestyle such as physical activity; examples include the weather, your time schedule, and availability of facilities.