Exercise - - Answers physical movement that increases rate of energy use of the body
Play - - Answers amusements engaged in freely, for fun, w/ less formality in rules
Games - - Answers activities ranging from simple diversions to cooperative activities to competitions w/
significant outcomes governed by rules
Leisure - - Answers recreational activities
Recreational - - Answers refreshes or renews one's strength and spirit after work
Athletics - - Answers rules govern the skill levels required of participants and significance placed on the
outcome are rigidly structured
Sports - - Answers physical activities governed by formal or informal rules that involve competition
against an opponent and engaged in for fun, recreation, or reward
Quality of life - - Answers long and healthy life
Physical education - - Answers process through which an individual obtains optimal physical, mental, and
social skills and fitness through physical activity
Kinesiology - - Answers study of human movement
Exercise science - - Answers scientific analysis of human body in motion
Exercise physiology - - Answers study of the body's response to physical activity and stress
Athletic training - - Answers study and application of the prevention, analysis, treatment, and
rehabilitation of sports injuries
Motor learning - - Answers study of internal processes associated with movement
Motor control - - Answers study of the integration and maturation of muscular, skeletal, and
neurological functions in executing movements
Motor development - - Answers encompasses the maturation and changes in motor behavior
throughout life and the factors that affect them
Sports biomechanics - - Answers study of the anatomical and physiological effects of natural laws and
internal and external forces acting on the human body during movement
What is the importance of physical activity? - Answers Many health benefits for all ages
What are the components of health-related physical fitness? - Answers Cardiorespiratory endurance,
muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition