Deck 22: Lifetime Activities

Question 1

Lifetime activities can be used to maintain an active lifestyle throughout the life span.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A primary role of physical education is promoting lifetime physical activity for athletic students.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

When most people think of lifetime activities, they immediately envision activities for the elderly.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

For most people, as age increases, the desire and ability to engage in intense physical activity increases.

Question 5

Team sports, in their purest form, meet the criteria of being a lifetime activity.

Question 6

The majority of lifetime activities only require small teams of 8-10 people.

Question 7

Because all students have unique needs and desires it is important to offer limited types of activities.

Question 8

Using modifications, virtually all activities can be played throughout life.

Question 9

Walking is most likely the activity most students will engage in as an adult.

Question 10

Walking is by far the most popular physical activity of adults.

Question 11

Recognizing directions and map reading are fundamental concepts elementary students learn through orienteering.

Question 12

Frisbee golf is NOT appropriate to integrate with orienteering.

Question 13

Orienteering is a navigation and sport activity that incorporates walking or jogging, determining directions, and map reading.

Question 14

The object of orienteering is to use a map and compass to locate specific points in a given area.

Question 15

When learning tennis skills, students should practice picking up their racquets using a hammer grip.

Question 16

The basic badminton strategy is to hit the birdie as hard as possible.

Question 17

Lifetime activities are important because:

A) older people lack skill.
B) they can be used to maintain an active lifestyle.
C) team sports are only for young people.
D) team sports cause too many injuries.

Question 18

For an activity to be regarded as a lifetime activity, it usually meets all of the following EXCEPT:

A) the activity offers opportunity for participation at various intensities, including low and vigorous.
B) the activity can be noncompetitive.
C) the activity can be completed with teammates only.
D) the activity can contribute to the overall health of the participant.

Question 19

"Pace, don't race" is an important concept to teach in which lifetime activity?

A) running
B) tennis
C) walking
D) Frisbee

Question 20

Instructional cues for the ready position in tennis include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) "Opposite side to target."
B) "Paper under your heels."
C) "Racquet in front."
D) "Little jump."

Question 21

Which tennis shot is the most frequently used?

A) the serve
B) the forehand
C) the backhand
D) the volley

Question 22

At the elementary level the focus of badminton is NOT on:

A) skills and strokes.
B) learning the history of the game.
C) modified games.
D) using larger birdies.

Question 23

The backhand throw, underhand throw, and thumb-down catch are all skills related to which lifetime activity?

A) tennis
B) badminton
C) racquetball
D) Frisbee

Question 24

What is a primary role of physical education in promoting lifetime physical activity for all students?

Question 25

Identify the criteria used to classify lifetime activities.

Question 26

Why is walking the most popular physical activity for adults?