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Vocabulary Unit 1
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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8th Grade Unit 1 Vocabulary | |
Cardiovascular Endurance | a measure of how efficiently your heart and lungs work when you exercise and how quickly they return to normal when you stop. |
Muscular Strength | measure of the most weight you can lift or the most force you can exert at one time |
Muscular Endurance | A measure of a muscle’s ability to repeatedly exert a force over a prolonged period of time |
Flexibility | the ability of your body’s joints to move easily through a full range of motion |
Body composition | the ratio of body fat to lean body tissue, such as bone, muscle and fluid |
Sedentary Lifestyle | a way of life that includes little physical activity |
Peer | people in the same age group |
Peer Pressure | the influence to go along with the beliefs and actions of other people of your age |
Negative Peer Pressure | involves behaviors that can damage your health, hurt others or get someone into trouble |
Resistance Skills | Communication strategies that help you say no effectively |
Problem Solving | the process of working through details of an obstacle or issue |
Decision Making | the process of making a choice or finding a solution |
Values | the beliefs and principles that guide the way a person lives |
Influence | a power indirectly affecting a person or an action |
Goal setting | the process of working toward something that you want to accomplish |
Short | term goals |
Long | term goals |
Social Health | the ability to get along with the people around you |
Role | a part you play when you interact with another person |
Tolerance | the ability to value other people as they are |