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Water Aerobics

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. We are mostly water; we are 60% water. Our brains are (blank) %. Next to air - water is the most essential element for survival






2. If your goal is to maintain your present level of cardio-respiratory fitness - you should do an aerobic work out (blank) times a week.






3. Protein should make up about 15-30% of our calorie intake each day. That translates into (blank) servings






4. Name 3 foods that are rich sources of calcium






5. BMR stands for






6. Doing flexibility exercises also helps to reduce (blank) and relax tense muscles - making you more comfortable and less prone to tension headaches - neckaches and backaches






7. Some of the carbohydrates we eat that are not immediately needed by the cells for metabolism are stored in the muscles and the liver to be available when needed for energy. they are stored in a very easily-used from called (blank)






8. Having a full range of motion around your joints also enables you to participate in (blank) and other physical activities with more success.






9. Vitamin C is a (blank) - soluble vitamin






10. By the time you feel thirsty - you are already






11. A poorly conditioned heart has to pump (blank) often than a fit and strong heart






12. Your BMR increases as the amount of (blank) in your body increases






13. (blank) are our primary and most efficient energy source






14. To do this - we need to (blank) our muscles






15. How long should you stay low end 30 mins high end (blank) mins






16. Having a full range of motion around your joints also enables you to participate in (blank) and other physical activities with more success.






17. A poorly conditioned heart has to pump (blank) often than a fit and strong heart






18. The part of a water aerobics work-out that is designed to develop muscular endurance is called the (blank) phase






19. Which makes your heart work harder-working in shallow water or deep?






20. Minerals are also used in metabolism - and help to form (blank and blank)






21. The aerobic workout should be designed to improve (blank) capacity






22. You should stretch to the point where you feel (blank) but not pain






23. A number of 4 or lower is the preferred ratio of (blank) cholesterol to HDL






24. Most of us should watch our intake of fats - but none of us should cut them out entirely. They should comprise about (blank) % of our daily calorie intake






25. (blank) is a 'good' cholesterol






26. Final stretches - designed to increase your flexibility - should be held for (blank) seconds






27. What is your water aerobics training range for a 10-second period?






28. Protein aids in the in the formation the body's chemical processes and is a major constituent of the immune system - but its primary function is the (blank and blank) of cells






29. Name 3 foods that are rich sources of calcium






30. (blank) tissue uses up a lot of calories just to exist - while fatty tissue uses hardly any. One additional pound of muscle requires 35 to 50 additional calories per day.






31. Fats are essential to a healthy body. They insulate body from cold and they provide a protective layer around (blank)






32. Four kinds of fats should be avoided if possible. One is trans fats - sometimes called transfatty acids. The other three are trans fat - hydrogenated oil - and (blank-blank) oil






33. Complex carbohydrates - preferably whole grain - should make-up (blank) % of our daily calorie intake






34. CRP stands for (blank). it is a measure of a person's risk for rupturing a cardiac artery or heart attack






35. Using Straight limbs or bent?






36. Our bodies are constantly building and tearing down bone. until around age 25-35 the net result is bone growth - then our bones gradually begin to (blank) in size and strength unless we actively do things counteract this process.






37. When you do one movement for a chorus and different movements for the verses of a song - you are using the (blank) method






38. Final stretches - designed to increase your flexibility - should be held for (blank) seconds






39. People in their 20's should eat (blank to blank) mg. of calcium a day






40. It takes _ - ounces of water to metabolize a single ounce of alcohol.






41. In the (blank) method of teaching water aerobics - we go back over a list of movements again and again -






42. Eating too much protein can have harmful effects on your body. One is that it has an adverse effect on the body's absorption of (blank)






43. The warm-up phase of the class is designed to gradually increase body temperature and blood flow to the muscles and joints - thus decreasing the chances of (blank)






44. A person's C-reactive protein level can be measured by means of (blank)






45. When we go from station to station - doing a different movement at each one - we are using the (blank) method






46. Your basal metabolic rate is the rate at which your body burns (blank) when your body is resting






47. Most 'complete proteins' which contain all 9 of those amino acids - come from (blank)






48. Carbohydrates - fats - proteins - vitamins - minerals - and water






49. Anit-oxidants may help to prevent cancer - emphysema and heart disease by absorbing (blank) before they can cause damage






50. It takes _ - ounces of water to metabolize a single ounce of alcohol.