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