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energy, but did you know it takes energy to process what you’ve eaten?
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Calories measure the energy in food. The activities you do determine how quickly your body
burns off the calories. Different physical activities burn more calories than others. What’s your
favorite activity? Use the graph to see how many calories that activity burns per hour. Then
answer the questions below.
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Source: caloriesperhour.com
Number of Calories Burned
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Calories Burned per Hour* Doing Select Activities
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Dancing
Playing
baseball
Skateboarding
Swimming
Playing
soccer
*For a 90-pound child.
Roller
skating
Bicycling
Running
Playing
basketball
Jumping
rope
Activity
1. Skateboarding and __ each burn
about 200 calories per hour.
A dancing C walking
B playing baseball D swimming
4. About the same number of calories
are burned dancing as are burned
roller skating.
A true B false
2. Which physical activity burns about
325 calories per hour?
A bicycling C running
B jumping rope D both A and C
5. Playing baseball burns fewer calories
than dancing.
A true B false
3. Which physical activity on the graph
burns the most calories per hour?
A running C playing soccer
B jumping rope D swimming
6. Playing soccer and roller skating each
burn about ___ calories per hour.
A 200 C 250
B 225 D 275
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