1.1 - WHAT IS EXERCISE SCIENCE?
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Hippocrates (450-370 BC) - Correct Answers -"If we could give every individual the right
amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have
found the safest way to health."
Exercise Science defined - Correct Answers -The study of various aspects of physical
activity, exercise, sport and athletic performance that have the common characteristic of
physical movement and the adaptations that occur as a result of participation in physical
activity and exercise.
Kinesiology - Correct Answers -an interdisciplinary field focusing on the science of
human movement. Its four basic elements - biochemistry, biomechanics, motor control,
and physiology - are integrated to allow kinesiologists to address a wide variety of
questions.
UMASS AMHERT - Correct Answers -the nation's first department of exercise science
Integrative Physiology - Correct Answers -horizontal integration across organ systems
and vertical integration from molecule to cell to organ. In all areas of applied physiology,
the use of cutting-edge techniques including molecular and cellular biology is strongly
encouraged
Physical Activity - Correct Answers -movement activities of daily living including work-
and job-related activities, leisure-time activities and activities performed around the
home
Exercise - Correct Answers -structured movement process that humans consciously
and voluntarily engage in for the purpose of improving fitness, health and performance
Adaptation - Correct Answers -Changes that occur as an accommodation to or
adjustment to environment, stimuli, & stressors
The stimuli of interest: - Correct Answers -Physical activity, Inactivity, and Exercise
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Hippocrates (450-370 BC) - Correct Answers -"If we could give every individual the right
amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have
found the safest way to health."
Exercise Science defined - Correct Answers -The study of various aspects of physical
activity, exercise, sport and athletic performance that have the common characteristic of
physical movement and the adaptations that occur as a result of participation in physical
activity and exercise.
Kinesiology - Correct Answers -an interdisciplinary field focusing on the science of
human movement. Its four basic elements - biochemistry, biomechanics, motor control,
and physiology - are integrated to allow kinesiologists to address a wide variety of
questions.
UMASS AMHERT - Correct Answers -the nation's first department of exercise science
Integrative Physiology - Correct Answers -horizontal integration across organ systems
and vertical integration from molecule to cell to organ. In all areas of applied physiology,
the use of cutting-edge techniques including molecular and cellular biology is strongly
encouraged
Physical Activity - Correct Answers -movement activities of daily living including work-
and job-related activities, leisure-time activities and activities performed around the
home
Exercise - Correct Answers -structured movement process that humans consciously
and voluntarily engage in for the purpose of improving fitness, health and performance
Adaptation - Correct Answers -Changes that occur as an accommodation to or
adjustment to environment, stimuli, & stressors
The stimuli of interest: - Correct Answers -Physical activity, Inactivity, and Exercise
