HOPE Grade 12 - Lesson 1: Dance for Fitness

Vocabulary flashcards covering core definitions, elements of dance, health-related fitness components, physical activity barriers, and types of eating habits from HOPE Grade 12 Lesson 1.

Health-Optimizing Physical Education (H.O.P.E.)

A physical education curriculum designed to address aspects that will enhance and help improve public health goals.

Rhythm

An essential element of dance propelled by internal bodily processes such as heartbeat, actions of the lungs, and muscular movement of organs, which allows one to create mood and define movements.

Dance

The movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a given space, for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or taking delight in movement.

Walter Terry

A renowned dance critic who described dance as the most personal of all arts, springing from the breath of life and existing entirely within the human body.

Body (Element of Dance)

The mobile figure or shape felt by the dancer and seen by others; it is the fundamental medium in which dance is born, exists, and dies.

Action (Element of Dance)

Any human movement included in dancing, including dance steps, facial expressions, partner lifts, gestures, everyday movements, as well as pauses and relative stillness.

Locomotor Movement

Movement that travels through space, in contrast to axial movement.

Axial Movement

Movement that occurs in one spot.

Space (Element of Dance)

The element of dance through which dancers interact by moving or staying in place, altering direction, level, size, and pathways.

Time (Element of Dance)

The element of dance centered on 'when?', involving rhythmic patterns, metered or free rhythms, timing relationships, duration, speed, and accents.

Energy (Element of Dance)

The element of dance that refers to how movement happens, including variations in movement flow, force, tension, and weight.

Fitness

The state of being physically fit and healthy, covering physical well-being, balanced mental state, emotional stability, and spiritual soundness to perform a certain task or demand.

Health-Related Fitness (HRF)

Exercise activities done to improve physical health and stay healthy, specifically in cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, and body composition.

Cardiovascular Endurance

The ability of the heart, blood vessels, and lungs to work continuously for extended periods of time, measuring how efficiently the body takes in, transports, and uses oxygen.

Muscular Strength

The maximum amount of force a muscle can produce in a single effort or how much can be lifted in one attempt.

Muscular Endurance

The ability of muscles to contract several times without excessive fatigue, or the length of time muscles can continue working before tiring.

Body Composition

The ratio of water, bone, muscles, and fat in the body.

Body Mass Index (BMI)

A measure of body fat based on height and weight used as a tool to evaluate body composition.

Skin Fold Test

A method to measure total fat percentages by testing the layer of fat located directly under the skin.

Flexibility

The range of motion that joints have during movement.

Barrier

Personal or environmental obstacles that prevent or block movement, making physical activity participation difficult or impossible.

Fueling for Performance

An eating habit practiced by athletes involving a balanced, structured diet of carbohydrates, protein, fats, minerals, vitamins, and water to meet energy requirements, optimize performance, and aid recovery.

Emotional Eating

The practice of consuming large amounts of food in response to emotions rather than hunger, using food as comfort, stress relief, or a reward.

Social Eating

Consuming food during social gatherings or celebrations even when not hungry, often to be sociable or due to peer pressure.

Distracted Eating

Eating food while watching television or sports events for extended periods, which often leads to overeating junk food and promotes a sedentary lifestyle.