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.

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