Test your basic knowledge |

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fats that are usually liquid at room temperature and come primarily from vegetable sources.






2. Isotonic muscle contractions in which the muscle gets longer as it contracts that is - when a weight is gradually lowered and the contracting muscle gets longer as it gives up tension. also called negative exercise.






3. In metabolic syndrome high blood pressure is what over what






4. What are the upper chambers of the heart called






5. Calories per gram of protein






6. Does not appear in plants - it is man made they shoot hydrogen into the vegetable oil. harmful effects are raises LDL which may lead to plaque build up also known as atherosclerosis. If the readings of trans fat in a product are less than .5% compani






7. What are proteins made of






8. Which kind of exercise involves muscle shortening but not muscle lengthening






9. DOMS






10. Consuming calories in amounts equal to the number of calories expended. individuals who want to increase lean body mass need to increase caloric intake while carefully increasing the intensity and duration of their physical activity.






11. What percent do the muscle receive when they are at rest (blood flow)






12. Heredity does not affect your destiny - genetics loads the gun but lifestyle pulls the trigger. so there are things that you inherent but how you ultimately live can affect your look






13. Magnesium - only need 1 oz or less - compared with 3lbs of calcium - but it is needed for over 300 chemical reactions that keep us alive. more than half our magnesium is in our bones - Calcium gives bones strength; magnesium gives bones elasticity -






14. What are minerals mostly made from






15. Has been shown to help improve balance and mobility in the elderly. It is used in rehabilitation and in specialized training regiments for sports.






16. Cant make them in our body - good for our brain - liver and kidney reduce growth sunflower - soy beans - and corn






17. If you have been doing 25 push-ups every day for 6 months - are you working on improving your muscle strength






18. Benefit performance in sports - injury prevention -






19. Meaning you have a good heart and are not at risk for getting heart disease or diabetes






20. Will not eat any thing that has to do with animals - they also dont buy leather. need to know food chemistry from incomplete amino acids. Good (in)complete = rice - beans - soy beans - nuts veggies; need to make sure they get enough B12 calcium and V






21. 1 to 2 lbs per week - for example 3500 calories use up to or not eat 500 calories.






22. How many amino acids are there






23. What percent of Americans will experience back pain in their lives






24. Helps with weight control - helps posture - prevents back pain - can become more limber






25. Contain some but not all of the essential amino acids examples would be beans - ntus and rice. have to combine your foods so gt all 9 essential amino acids.






26. When muscles are working what percent of blood flow do they receive






27. The oxygen-carrying protein (molecule) of red blood cells






28. Too little of sodium - brain cells can be affected. confusion - seizures - and coma. Sweating and losing a lot of sodium - drinking a lot of water - so much that the kidneys cant get rid of it fast. such as marathons or radio drinking water contests






29. What blood pressure brings a diagnosis of high blood pressure or hypertension






30. What is the aerobic capacity of an elite runner






31. increase heart rate - increase breathing rate - redistribution of blood skeletal muscles - improved oxygen uptake






32. Total cholesterol 200 - healthy HDL 50 or above - Healthy LDL less than 100 -healthy triglycerides less than 150






33. Hormone that makes you feel hungry






34. Clinical term that implies higher normal levels of body fat and potential risk for development of obesity. values of a 25 BMI are considered overweight 66% of U.S.






35. Why is the 'heart rate reserve method -' of calculating training pulse rate considered more accurate than the 'percentage of maximum heart rate' method






36. The ability of the muscles to exert an external force or to lift a heavy weight. A fit person can do work or play that involves exerting force - such as lifting or controlling one's own body weight.






37. Important for bone information and metabolism






38. Which is a good use of and necessary thing for strength training






39. They are highly adaptable and have biochemical and physiological properties of fast and slow twitch fibers






40. Having both eccentric and concentric contraction which PRE is it?






41. Lowers LDL but does not lower HDL. sources can be olive oil - olives - avacado - seeds and nuts.






42. Type of muscle contraction in which the muscle changes length - either shortening (concentrically) or lengthening (eccentrically)






43. It is not true that the ______ you do a strength exercise - the more it builds your muscles






44. Which kind of muscle fibers help you excel at long distance running






45. Exercise/ moving around - digestion - Basal Metabolic Rate






46. A dark-colored adipose tissue with many blood vessels - involved in the rapid production of heat in hibernating animals and human babies






47. When do people with no interventions such as exercise program reach their maximum strength






48. Osteoarthritis - breast cancer - uterine cancer - cervical cancer - intracranial hypertension - risk of cataracts - decrease life by 18-10 years. Android Northern above belly button Gynoid Southern below belly button - where fat is placed.






49. How many second s do they suggest for eccentric contraction






50. Milo of Crotona is an example of what two principles