(From "More Variety for Kennedy PE Classes", Illuminate)
Question: Which sentence from the passage BEST supports the idea that exercise is important for young people?
(1 point)
Responses
With all of these new time-consuming gadgets, daily physical activity has been placed on the back-burner.
With all of these new time-consuming gadgets, daily physical activity has been placed on the back-burner.
By no means am I the model of physical fitness, but I am an advocate for optimizing health.
By no means am I the model of physical fitness, but I am an advocate for optimizing health.
Yet according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), physical activity in adolescents improves strength and endurance, helps build strong bones, reduces stress, increases self-esteem, and it is also known to increase brain function.
Yet according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), physical activity in adolescents improves strength and endurance, helps build strong bones, reduces stress, increases self-esteem, and it is also known to increase brain function.
Many schools are increasing physical fitness by providing comprehensive programs, increasing physical activities in classrooms, and providing opportunities for students to participate in intramural sports.
Many schools are increasing physical fitness by providing comprehensive programs, increasing physical activities in classrooms, and providing opportunities for students to participate in intramural sports.
The sentence that BEST supports the idea that exercise is important for young people is:
"Yet according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), physical activity in adolescents improves strength and endurance, helps build strong bones, reduces stress, increases self-esteem, and it is also known to increase brain function."
To find the sentence from the passage that best supports the idea that exercise is important for young people, we need to look for a sentence that provides information about the benefits of physical activity or the efforts being made to promote physical fitness in schools.
Examining the answer choices, we can see that the sentence that best supports the idea is: "Yet according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), physical activity in adolescents improves strength and endurance, helps build strong bones, reduces stress, increases self-esteem, and it is also known to increase brain function."
This sentence explicitly states several benefits of physical activity for young people, including improving strength and endurance, building strong bones, reducing stress, and increasing self-esteem and brain function.