Kinesiology, 10/e

Nancy Hamilton, University of Northern Iowa
Kathryn Luttgens, Northeastern University

Locomotion: The Aquatic Environment

True-False Quiz

Please answer the following questions


1	The speed obtained in any swimming stroke depends on the stroke length and stroke frequency.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Surface drag is the resistance due to the surface area of the front of the body as it meets the oncoming water.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Form drag is caused by the resistance of the water next to the body.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Wave drag occurs at the surface as the body moves along, partially in water and partially in air.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	More force is needed to keep an object moving than to overcome its inertia.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Forward motion in swimming is produced through a combination of drag force and lift force.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	The more streamlined the body, the less the resistance to progress through the water.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	The drag in a body in any fluid decreases approximately with the square of the velocity.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	The height of the body position in the water depends on the swimmer's buoyance and speed of moving through the water.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	A rapidly moving body in the water leaves a high pressure area immediately behind it.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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