Chapter 9 Staying Active and Managing Weight Activity A Name_____________________________________________ Chapter 9 Date__________________ Period______________________ Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. May not be reproduced or posted to a publicly accessible website. Chapter 9 Staying Active and Managing Weight 51 Your Energy Needs Complete the following items about the body’s energy needs. Write your responses in the space provided. 1. What are four functions for which the human body requires energy?_________________________ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Assume each of the following pairs of characteristics refers to two people who are the same in other respects. Identify which person (A or B) is likely to have the higher basal metabolic rate. Then explain the reason for your choice. 2. A. height: 5′10″ B. height: 6′1″ _ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. A. gender: male B. gender: female _ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. A. age: 15 years B. age: 30 years _ ____________________________________________________________________________________ In each of the following pairs, identify the one (A or B) that will require more energy. Then explain the reason for your choice. 5. A. bicycling at 8 miles per hour B. bicycling at 12 miles per hour _ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 6. A. a 195-pound man jogging at 6 miles per hour B. a 150-pound man jogging at 6 miles per hour _ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 7. A. typing a letter B. vacuuming a floor _ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Indicate how body weight is affected by energy intake from foods by writing increase, decrease, or remain the same after each of the following equations. A. energy intake energy expended_____________________________________________________ B. energy intake = energy expended_____________________________________________________ C. energy intake energy expended_____________________________________________________