Test your basic knowledge |

Water Aerobics

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. (blank) are our back-up energy source.






2. BMR stands for






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






4. Whole grain foods - such as brown rice and whole wheat bread - give us the added benefit of fiber which slows down the digestive process - keeping our (blank) more even






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






6. To prevent shin-splits - be sure to stretch your calves before and after exercising and






7. 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)






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






9. The nine amino acids that we cannot manufacture are called the essential amino acids because we must get them from (blank)






10. 'incomplete proteins' are all right to use - as long as you eat them in (blank) that provide all 9 essential amino acids






11. The 4 factors that you must consider in planning a fitness program are (blank) - (blank) - (blank) - (blank)






12. Where you store fat is largely determined by heredity. How much fat you store is completely determined by you and is function of how much you (blank and blank)






13. While in the (blank) method we spend 3 to 4 minutes on each movement.






14. (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.






15. Those substances that leach water from the body are sugar - caffeine and (blank)






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






17. Whole grain foods - such as brown rice and whole wheat bread - give us the added benefit of fiber which slows down the digestive process - keeping our (blank) more even






18. 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






19. According to the Water aerobics mantra - your shoulders should be






20. (blank) is a 'good' cholesterol






21. Our bodies contain about 2 1/2 pounds of calcium - 99% of it in the (blank and blank)






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






23. Good activities for cardio-respiratory work-outs include (balnk) and (blank)






24. Strong muscles are a good idea because they can help to prevent (blank). They also enable you to be capable - independent person who doesn't need to rely on others.






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






26. Our bodies use about (blank to blank) mg. of calcium per day - to make and repair bones - clot blood - regulate muscle contraction and relaxation and help the body absorb nutrients






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






28. 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






29. We should drink 8-10 - 8-ounce glasses of water a day - not counting coffee - tea - alcohol or (blank) because they have substances that take water out of the body.






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






31. Vitamins are essential for the process of metabolism and for many other things. Some of the things they do are promote (blank) and form normal blood vessels






32. To improve muscle fitness - you must increase the demand on your muscles. this can be done using body weight - free weights - machines or






33. The warm-up phase usually lasts how long?






34. (blank) stretches are those that involve bouncing to improve your range of motion. They are not generally recommended.






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






36. Good activities for cardio-respiratory work-outs include (balnk) and (blank)






37. How much time should we spend on this in phase 3?






38. Of the 20 amino acids we need - we can manufacture 11 in our bodies.The other 9 are called the (blank)






39. 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)






40. (blank) exercise is the best kind to do if you want to lose body fat






41. According to the Water aerobics mantra - your shoulders should be






42. Excess water-soluble vitamins are flushed from the body in the (blank)






43. 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)






44. (blank) is a 'good' cholesterol






45. Cardio-respiratory fitness is the ability of the (blank) (blank) and (blank) to deliver enough food and oxygen to the cells to meet the demands of prolonged physical activity






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






47. Should you keep your knee and elbow joints soft or locked?






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






49. It's a good idea to breathe through your nose as much as possible - because that way you increase (blank)






50. Should you keep your knee and elbow joints soft or locked?