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Body Systems and Movement

A futsal player is preparing for a short, high-intensity game. Use the evidence and your knowledge of body systems to explain how the body produces movement and responds to exercise. Answer in complete sentences where appropriate.

Scenario: A Futsal Shift

During a fast attack, Maia accelerates, changes direction, and kicks the ball. Her leg muscles contract and pull on bones across joints. Her heart rate and breathing rate rise so that more oxygen reaches working muscles. After the shift, she walks slowly and her breathing gradually returns towards its resting rate.

Part A: Explain the system links

Use the scenario to support your answers.

1.Which option best describes the main roles of the skeletal and muscular systems when Maia kicks the ball?

Bones provide a framework and joints allow movement; muscles contract and pull on bones.
Muscles push bones apart without crossing joints.
Bones contract to create force while muscles provide support.
The skeleton delivers oxygen and muscles pump blood.

2.During knee extension in the kicking leg, the quadriceps contract and the hamstrings relax. What type of muscle action relationship is this?

3.Name the joint type at the knee and describe one feature that helps it move safely during a kick.

4.Trace the route of oxygen from inhaled air to a working leg muscle. Include the respiratory and cardiovascular systems.

Part B: Responding to exercise

The table shows Maia’s measurements before and after a brief futsal shift.

Measure

At rest

Straight after shift

Heart rate (beats/min)

156

Breathing rate (breaths/min)

5.Calculate the increase in Maia’s heart rate, in beats per minute, from rest to straight after the shift. Show your subtraction.

6.Explain why Maia’s heart rate and breathing rate rise during the shift. Link your explanation to the needs of working muscles.

7.Maia walks slowly after the shift. Explain why her breathing and heart rate do not return to resting values instantly.

Part C: Apply and evaluate

Use movement-science ideas to make a practical decision.

8.Before a fast futsal game, Maia jogs gently and completes controlled leg swings. Explain how a warm-up can help prepare her body systems for movement.

9.Choose one movement from a sport or activity you know. Describe how bones, joints, muscles and the cardiovascular system work together during that movement.

10.A teammate says, “Only muscles matter for movement.” Use two examples to evaluate this claim.