Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

April 1995 5-a-day

Every sheet in April 1995

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st April 1995Classify a 100m sprint as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  2. 2nd April 1995A cyclist expends 2,800 kilocalories in a day and eats food providing 3,100 kilocalories. Is this a surplus or a deficit, and by how much?
  3. 3rd April 1995Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
  4. 4th April 1995Give one sport in which cardiovascular endurance is especially important, and explain why.
  5. 5th April 1995A performer has a maximum heart rate of 190 bpm. Calculate the upper boundary of their aerobic training zone (80% of maximum heart rate).
  6. 6th April 1995What is normative data used for?
  7. 7th April 1995Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
  8. 8th April 1995Why can a skill's position on the open-closed continuum change between different performances of the same skill?
  9. 9th April 1995According to social learning theory, what must happen for an observed aggressive behaviour to be repeated?
  10. 10th April 1995Name the bone that protects the brain.
  11. 11th April 1995State the fuel used by the ATP-PC system.
  12. 12th April 1995Which of the three wellbeing dimensions - physical, emotional or social - is most directly improved by joining a new sports club? Justify your choice.
  13. 13th April 1995What is dietary manipulation?
  14. 14th April 1995Explain why a star jump occurs in the frontal plane.
  15. 15th April 1995Give one reason a PEP should include an appropriate warm-up in every session.
  16. 16th April 1995Which training method uses a series of different exercise stations?
  17. 17th April 1995State one effect of playing sport in very hot weather.
  18. 18th April 1995Give three examples of media channels through which sport is broadcast or reported.
  19. 19th April 1995Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
  20. 20th April 1995Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
  21. 21st April 1995State roughly how long the fast component of EPOC takes to complete.
  22. 22nd April 1995What term describes the redistribution of blood flow towards working muscles during exercise?
  23. 23rd April 1995What is osteoporosis?
  24. 24th April 1995Describe the physical characteristics of an endomorph.
  25. 25th April 1995Define abduction.
  26. 26th April 1995State the approximate percentage of 1RM range typically used to develop muscular endurance.
  27. 27th April 1995Explain why a performer should not stop training completely during the transition period.
  28. 28th April 1995State one reason participation in team sport can fall among ethnic minority groups in areas with few local facilities.
  29. 29th April 1995Give one example of the level at which sponsorship can operate below elite sport.
  30. 30th April 1995Explain why a vague goal such as 'try harder in matches' is not SMART.