Mid Term Study Guide 8th Grade

PE/Health 2012

1. Resiliency: The ability to bounce back from disappointment.

2. Target Heart Rate: The range of numbers between which your heart and lungs receive the

most benefit from a workout. 120-170

3. Flexibility: The ability of your body’s joints to move easily through a full range of motion.

Measured in the Sit & Reach Test and Trunk Lift

4. Muscular Strength: The most weight you can lift or the most force you can exert at one time.

Measured in the Push Up Test

5. Muscular Endurance: The measure of a muscle’s ability to repeatedly exert a force over a

prolonged period of time. Measured in the Curl Up Test

6. Self Esteem: The way you feel about yourself, and how you value yourself

7. Pedometer: Portable device that counts each step a person takes by detecting the motion of

the person's hips. 2,000 Steps per mile. 10,000 steps are recommended a day.

8. Health: A combination of physical, mental/emotional and social well-being.

9. Stress: A common form of anxiety. Your body’s response to change. Common to last 2 weeks

or less for a healthy teen.

10. Eu stress: Positive stress- Can motivate you to do your best.

11. Dis tress: Negative stress- when the body is overwhelmed by sorrow, anxiety or pain.

12. Warm Up: A period of low to moderate exercise to prepare your body for more vigorous

activity. Ex: Static and Dynamic Performance

13. Intensity Levels:

Level 1: Media/Seat- Very easy. Sitting. (Getting ready for bed- Sleepy)

Talking without effort HR=60-90

Level 2: Daily Activity- Easy. Comfortable and could maintain this pace all day

. Talk effortlessly. _____________________________SCHOOL HR=90-120

Level 3: ____________ Base-Moderate. Slightly uncomfortable. Sweating a little.

Talking requires effort. _______________HR= 120-140

Level 4: Heart Healthy- Moderately hard. Should be here during PE CLASS

Difficulty talking HR= 140=180

Level 5:_ Max- Very, very difficult_____________Pace for a short period of time

No talk zone ___________ HR= 180+

14. FITT PRINCIPAL: Formula in which each letter represents a variable for determining correct

amount of physical activity.

F: FREQUENCY: How often you work different muscle groups each week.

Recommended: Cardiorespiratory Endurance= 5-7 sessions per week.

I: INTENSITY: How hard you work different muscle groups per session.

Recommended: Intensity Level of 4. PE CLASS

T: TIME: How long an activity is performed per session.

Recommended: 60+ mins. per day. Does not have to be all at one time.

T: TYPE: The type of activity you choose to do. Aerobic/Anaerobic

15. Aerobic: Works the heart. Rhythmic, non-stop moderate to vigorous activity that requires

large amounts of oxygen. Ex: Aerobic Dance, Bicycling, Jumping Rope, Walking, Jogging

16. Anaerobic: Intense physical activity that requires little oxygen but uses short bursts of energy.

Ex: Weight lifting or Interval training.

17. Depression: A melancholy or sadness which could last more than 2 weeks and makes a

significant impact on the normal person’s activity. Depression may be the loss of feeling or

interest or maybe the inability to do regular activities. Can be helped/fixed.

18. Anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or

something with an uncertain outcome.

19. Dynamic Stretching: Consists of functional based exercises which use sport specific movements

to prepare the body for movement. Example: Explosive Performance

20. Static Stretching: Static stretching involves reaching forward to a point of tension and holding

the stretch. Example: Stretching in squads

Which of the 5 Components of Fitness do the following measure?

21. Push Up: Muscular Strength

22. Curl Up: Muscular Endurance

23. Mile: Cardiorespiratory Endurance

24. Pacer : Cardiorespiratory Endurance

25. Sit & Reach: Flexibility

26. Trunk Lift: Flexibility

27. How much exercise does a teenagers need?

Sixty minutes of moderate exercise each day. Ex: Brisk walk, aerobics, bike riding,

28. How many players on a Volleyball team per court?

There are 6 players per team on the volleyball court.

29. How m any points do you need to win by in Volleyball and Pin g Pong?

2 points

30. What is the term used for scoring in Volleyball and Ping?

Rally Scoring - Scoring method where points can be won by the serving or receiving team.

31. How many hits are allowed in volleyball before the ball can be returned

3 per team, 1 per person (in a row)

32. Label the sides of the Health Triangle:

33. Define each side of the Health Triangle:

A. Physical Health: Addresses the body's ability to function. Components include exercising

regularly, eating a nutritious diet, getting enough sleep and rest, resisting harmful substances

like alcohol and drugs, maintaining a healthy weight and practicing good hygiene.

B. Mental/Emotional Health: Examines how a person thinks and feels and how he copes with

everyday life, including how well he relates to others. A person with good emotional health is in

touch with his feelings, expresses those feelings in an appropriate manner, enjoys learning, uses

his mind to develop thinking skills, learns from his mistakes and accepts responsibility

C. Social Health: Measures the way a person reacts to people in her environment. It encompasses

family and peer relationships as well as public health. To attain good social health, a person

needs to communicate well, show respect, care for herself and others, both seek and lend

support, have the ability to make and keep friends and know how to work or play cooperatively.

34. Name the 5 Components of Fitness and define them:

Cardio respiratory Endurance: The work when you exercise and how quickly they return to normal

when you stop. Measure efficiently your heart and lungs Measured by Mile and Pacer.

Flexibility: The ability of your body’s joints to move easily through a full range of motion. Measured

in the Sit & Reach Test and Trunk Lift

Muscular Strength: The most weight you can lift or the most force you can exert at one time.

Measured in the Push Up Test

Muscular Endurance: The measure of a muscle’s ability to repeatedly exert a force over a

prolonged period of time. Measured in the Curl Up Test

Body Composition: The ratio of body fat to lean body tissue, such as bone, muscle.

35. In volleyball if a ball lands on the line on the court, it is considered in bounds and playable.

Volleyball:

Rally scoring will be used.

Maximum of 3 hits per side.

Player may not hit the ball twice in succession (A block is not considered a hit).

Ball may be played off the net during a volley and on serve.

A ball touching a boundary line is good.

Game will be played to 25 pts.

Must win by 2 points.

Ping Pong:

Rally scoring must be used.

Game goes to 11 or 21

Must win by 2 points.

The edges of the table are part of the legal table surface, but not the sides.

Each server get 5 serves.