Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

December 1995 5-a-day

Every sheet in December 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 December 1995Give one benefit of sponsorship to a sport's governing body.
  2. 2nd December 1995A javelin thrower currently throws 32m and wants to improve. State one reason a target of 45m in two weeks would fail the Achievable part of SMART.
  3. 3rd December 1995Explain one risk of relying too heavily on tangible extrinsic rewards to motivate a young performer.
  4. 4th December 1995Name the fluid that lubricates a synovial joint and reduces friction.
  5. 5th December 1995State one long-term adaptation of the skeletal system to weight-bearing exercise.
  6. 6th December 1995Explain why a sprinter still needs some fat in their diet, even though fat is used mainly during low-intensity exercise.
  7. 7th December 1995What is dehydration?
  8. 8th December 1995Name the agonist during elbow flexion.
  9. 9th December 1995Explain how compression helps a soft-tissue injury.
  10. 10th December 1995State one possible benefit of cooling down for a performer's recovery.
  11. 11th December 1995State one barrier disabled people can face when trying to access sports facilities.
  12. 12th December 1995Which organisation is responsible for writing and enforcing the rules of a sport?
  13. 13th December 1995Why might an elite performer rely more on intrinsic feedback than a beginner does?
  14. 14th December 1995Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  15. 15th December 1995A performer has a stroke volume of 80 ml and a heart rate of 150 beats per minute. Calculate their cardiac output in ml/min.
  16. 16th December 1995State one way blood helps to regulate body temperature during exercise.
  17. 17th December 1995What is fibre and why is it important in the diet?
  18. 18th December 1995Which axis is paired with the sagittal plane?
  19. 19th December 1995List, in order, the four things a complete movement analysis of a joint should state.
  20. 20th December 1995Give a sporting example where reaction time is essential, and explain why.
  21. 21st December 1995What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
  22. 22nd December 1995Give one example of deviance in sport.
  23. 23rd December 1995Explain why a diuretic might be misused by a performer in a weight-category sport such as boxing.
  24. 24th December 1995According to the inverted-U theory, what happens to performance once arousal rises past the optimal point?
  25. 25th December 1995Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  26. 26th December 1995Is expiration at rest an active or a passive process?
  27. 27th December 1995Classify a marathon as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  28. 28th December 1995What happens to a person's body weight if energy expenditure regularly exceeds energy intake?
  29. 29th December 1995Is the mechanical advantage of most third-class levers in the body above or below 1? Explain what this means.
  30. 30th December 1995Define muscular endurance.
  31. 31st December 1995What does the F in FITT stand for?