Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

January 1998 5-a-day

Every sheet in January 1998

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

  1. 1st January 1998What is dehydration?
  2. 2nd January 1998Name the agonist during elbow flexion.
  3. 3rd January 1998Explain why ice should never be applied directly to bare skin.
  4. 4th January 1998State one physiological benefit of warming up before exercise.
  5. 5th January 1998State one barrier disabled people can face when trying to access sports facilities.
  6. 6th January 1998Which organisation is responsible for writing and enforcing the rules of a sport?
  7. 7th January 1998Why might an elite performer rely more on intrinsic feedback than a beginner does?
  8. 8th January 1998Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  9. 9th January 1998Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs.
  10. 10th January 1998What protein within red blood cells binds to oxygen?
  11. 11th January 1998What is fibre and why is it important in the diet?
  12. 12th January 1998Which axis is paired with the sagittal plane?
  13. 13th January 1998List, in order, the four things a complete movement analysis of a joint should state.
  14. 14th January 1998Define agility.
  15. 15th January 1998What type of tissue is damaged in a sprain?
  16. 16th January 1998Give one example of deviance in sport.
  17. 17th January 1998Explain why a diuretic might be misused by a performer in a weight-category sport such as boxing.
  18. 18th January 1998Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.
  19. 19th January 1998Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  20. 20th January 1998Name the muscle that contracts and flattens during inspiration.
  21. 21st January 1998Give one reason a fast walk lasting an hour would be classed as aerobic rather than anaerobic exercise.
  22. 22nd January 1998What happens to a person's body weight if energy expenditure regularly exceeds energy intake?
  23. 23rd January 1998Is the mechanical advantage of most third-class levers in the body above or below 1? Explain what this means.
  24. 24th January 1998State two pieces of equipment needed to carry out the multi-stage fitness test.
  25. 25th January 1998Give one way a performer could apply progressive overload to a running programme without changing how often they train.
  26. 26th January 1998Define reliability in the context of fitness testing.
  27. 27th January 1998Give one example of a sport changing its rules or format for commercial or broadcast reasons.
  28. 28th January 1998Classify a trampolining routine on the self-paced/externally paced continuum, and give one reason.
  29. 29th January 1998Give one strategy a coach could use to reduce a team's use of indirect aggression during matches.
  30. 30th January 1998A gymnast holds a handstand. What keeps the shoulder joint stable while other muscles work to maintain balance?
  31. 31st January 1998Name the molecule that is broken down to directly release energy for muscle contraction.