Identify several factors in the environment that can affect physical fitness levels.

Where a person lives can affect their physical fitness levels, because someone in a city may have more access to gyms, while someone in a rural area may not. Income level can also affect activity, since they may be able to afford lots of things or may not be able to. Your social environment can also affect your fitness levels, depending on whether or not your friends and family are involved in any sort of activity.

Which of the following statements correctly describes our ability to create an exercise program?
A.
Exercise programs can be developed in any environment.
B.
Only those living in houses can develop an effective exercise program.
C.
Rural environments are needed to follow a daily exercise program.
D.
none of the above

A

Discuss why a physically active job does not guarantee better physical fitness.

There can be other factors besides the fitness level of the job, such as stress factors or transportation. While someone could work in construction, they may drive to work, which affects their fitness, or they could have high stress factors, which could also affect your physical activity. Someone with an office job may have a less physically active job, but they could walk to work, or go to the gym after work which positively affects their fitness level.

Genetic characteristics that we can't control include __________.
A.
height and amount of muscle fibers
B.
amount of muscle fibers and heart rate
C.
heart rate and flexibility
D.
flexibility and amount of daily exercise

A

Discuss the role of behavior in physical fitness levels.

Behavior is the biggest factor in determining fitness levels, because you are either choosing to participate in physical activities, or you are choosing not to.

Compare and contrast lifestyle choices that positively affect physical fitness with those that negatively affect physical fitness.

Lifestyle choices that positively affect fitness include, hiking, kayaking, any outdoor activity, or dancing. Lifestyle choices that negatively affect fitness include, television, computers, video games. Hiking, kayaking, and dancing help positively affect your fitness because you are physically doing something, as opposed to not doing any physical activity when you participate in TV, computers, and video games.

Everyday lifestyle choices affect your physical fitness.

True

Explain why it is not possible to change hereditary conditions.

Heredity is your inherited physical characteristics that can influence fitness level and activity selection. It is not possible to change hereditary conditions because it is impossible to change your lung capacity, your height, amount or type of muscle fibers, or your amount of body fat. It is only possible to improve certain things, but you can not completely change what you are born with.

Factors that influence physical fitness include heredity, behavior, and environment.

True

Explain how technology has affected people's activity levels.

Technology has made people more sedentary, because it does not involve physical activity. Technology has made more people sit and watch TV, play video games, or surf the internet, which requires no physical activity, so it has negatively affected peoples activity levels