Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

October 1998 5-a-day

Every sheet in October 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 October 1998Give one example activity suitable for the pulse raiser phase of a warm-up.
  2. 2nd October 1998Name one type of low-impact activity often used to encourage older adults to stay active.
  3. 3rd October 1998Name one type of official found in football and one found in cricket.
  4. 4th October 1998State which stage of the information processing model uses the effector system to carry out the chosen action.
  5. 5th October 1998Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  6. 6th October 1998State one structural difference between an artery and a vein.
  7. 7th October 1998Name the component of blood responsible for clotting.
  8. 8th October 1998Name one vitamin and state one of its functions.
  9. 9th October 1998Which axis is paired with the transverse plane?
  10. 10th October 1998During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the ankle plantarflexes. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
  11. 11th October 1998Explain why balance is important for a gymnast performing a handstand.
  12. 12th October 1998Give the difference between a traumatic fracture and a stress fracture.
  13. 13th October 1998State one strategy used by football clubs or authorities to reduce hooliganism.
  14. 14th October 1998Give one reason a performer might choose to use a banned PED despite the risks.
  15. 15th October 1998Give one strategy a coach could use to raise a player's arousal before a match if they seem flat and under-motivated.
  16. 16th October 1998Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  17. 17th October 1998Name the site where gaseous exchange takes place in the lungs.
  18. 18th October 1998Classify a 100m sprint as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  19. 19th October 1998Explain why a boxer trying to make a specific weight category might deliberately create a short-term energy deficit.
  20. 20th October 1998Give a named body example of a second-class lever.
  21. 21st October 1998Give one sport in which cardiovascular endurance is especially important, and explain why.
  22. 22nd October 1998A performer has a maximum heart rate of 190 bpm. Calculate the upper boundary of their aerobic training zone (80% of maximum heart rate).
  23. 23rd October 1998What is normative data used for?
  24. 24th October 1998Explain one positive effect of commercialisation on a sport itself.
  25. 25th October 1998Why can a skill's position on the open-closed continuum change between different performances of the same skill?
  26. 26th October 1998According to social learning theory, what must happen for an observed aggressive behaviour to be repeated?
  27. 27th October 1998Name the bone that protects the brain.
  28. 28th October 1998State the fuel used by the ATP-PC system.
  29. 29th October 1998Which of the three wellbeing dimensions - physical, emotional or social - is most directly improved by joining a new sports club? Justify your choice.
  30. 30th October 1998Explain why a sprinter would gain little benefit from carbohydrate loading before a 100 metre race.
  31. 31st October 1998Name a sporting movement, other than a full twist, that occurs in the transverse plane.