Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
May 1998 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1998
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1998During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the knee extends. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
- 2nd May 1998Give a sporting example where reaction time is essential, and explain why.
- 3rd May 1998What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
- 4th May 1998What is meant by 'hooliganism' in a sporting context?
- 5th May 1998Explain how EPO (erythropoietin) improves endurance performance.
- 6th May 1998Explain why a rugby forward preparing to scrummage might benefit from a higher level of arousal than a golfer about to putt.
- 7th May 1998Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 8th May 1998Is expiration at rest an active or a passive process?
- 9th May 1998Classify a marathon as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
- 10th May 1998A 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?
- 11th May 1998Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
- 12th May 1998Define muscular endurance.
- 13th May 1998What does the F in FITT stand for?
- 14th May 1998State one limitation of the sit and reach test's validity for a games player.
- 15th May 1998Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
- 16th May 1998Give one example of a fine skill in sport.
- 17th May 1998A cricketer smashes his bat against the boundary boards after being given out. Is this direct or indirect aggression?
- 18th May 1998State the muscle mainly responsible for flexion at the hip.
- 19th May 1998Write the word equation for aerobic respiration.
- 20th May 1998Define fitness.
- 21st May 1998What is dietary manipulation?
- 22nd May 1998Explain why a star jump occurs in the frontal plane.
- 23rd May 1998State the first stage in designing a PEP.
- 24th May 1998A coach sets an interval session of 20 seconds of work and 40 seconds of rest. Calculate the work:rest ratio in its simplest form.
- 25th May 1998Explain why cold weather increases the risk of muscle strains.
- 26th May 1998How has social media changed the relationship between spectators and performers?
- 27th May 1998Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
- 28th May 1998Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
- 29th May 1998What does the abbreviation EPOC stand for?
- 30th May 1998State one short-term effect of exercise on the cardiovascular system.
- 31st May 1998What is osteoporosis?