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Getting Active
There are many other fun activities you can do that burn calories. Use this graph to measure how many calories people burn on average while doing common activities.

Calories Burned per Minute by Doing Certain Activities

Jogging (6 miles per hour) Jumping rope (easy pace) Playing basketball Playing soccer Skiing (downhill) Raking the lawn Inline skating (easy pace) Yoga Walking (3 miles per hour) Playing catch
Source: The World Almanac For Kids, 2008

Bicycling (10-12 miles per hour)

ACTiViTY

CalOriEs BURNED pEr MinuTE

(based on a 100-pound person)

minute? swimming playing soccer

1. Which activity burns the most calories per

jumping rope jogging

4. True or false: Skiing for 30 minutes burns

more calories than inline skating for 60 minutes. ____________________________

2. Which activity burns twice as many

calories as yoga? raking the lawn skiing playing soccer jumping rope

bicycling for 30 minutes? 60 120 90 150

5. How many calories would you burn

3. How many calories would you burn inline

skating for one minute? 1 4 3 6

6. Sarah went walking for 30 minutes. Then

she raked leaves for an hour. How many calories did Sarah burn? 330 390 360 420

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