Short Response Questions
Short Response Questions Chapter 7 – Physiological Changes: Health-Related Physical Fitness After completing the answers, you may either print the PDF or save it electronically to email to your instructor. 1. List the factors that can affect an individual’s stroke volume.
2. Summarize gender differences in VO2 max of young children when body weight is standardized.
3. A child running one mile improves in run-time performance between the time a test is taken in September and retaken in March of the same school year. Indicate the primary factors that contribute to this improvement.
4. Contrast static and dynamic exercise.
5.
Describe gender differences in strength after puberty.
6. Distinguish among weight training, weight lifting, and body building as defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
7. Summarize proper breathing during resistance training and explain the possible results of improper breathing.
8. Explain several mechanisms that contribute to improvement in muscular strength.
9. What is the difference between Type I and Type II muscle fibers?
10. Define flexibility and the performance trends in flexibility for girls and boys.
11. List causes of declining flexibility with age.
12. Summarize Payne and colleagues’ (1997) meta-analysis regarding resistance training in children and youth.
13. Describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the American population.
14. Describe the association between childhood obesity and the probability of adult obesity.
15. Describe ethnic and racial differences in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among both men and women.
16. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of hydrostatic weighing and the Bod Pod for determining body composition.
2. Summarize gender differences in VO2 max of young children when body weight is standardized.
3. A child running one mile improves in run-time performance between the time a test is taken in September and retaken in March of the same school year. Indicate the primary factors that contribute to this improvement.
4. Contrast static and dynamic exercise.
5.
Describe gender differences in strength after puberty.
6. Distinguish among weight training, weight lifting, and body building as defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
7. Summarize proper breathing during resistance training and explain the possible results of improper breathing.
8. Explain several mechanisms that contribute to improvement in muscular strength.
9. What is the difference between Type I and Type II muscle fibers?
10. Define flexibility and the performance trends in flexibility for girls and boys.
11. List causes of declining flexibility with age.
12. Summarize Payne and colleagues’ (1997) meta-analysis regarding resistance training in children and youth.
13. Describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the American population.
14. Describe the association between childhood obesity and the probability of adult obesity.
15. Describe ethnic and racial differences in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among both men and women.
16. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of hydrostatic weighing and the Bod Pod for determining body composition.
