Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

December 1998 5-a-day

Every sheet in December 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 December 1998Does water provide the body with energy? Explain your answer.
  2. 2nd December 1998Which class of lever is most common in the human body?
  3. 3rd December 1998State the joint type of the shoulder, and give one joint action possible there during a tennis serve.
  4. 4th December 1998State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
  5. 5th December 1998Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
  6. 6th December 1998Name one report that led to major changes in UK football stadium safety and crowd control.
  7. 7th December 1998Which category of PED would most benefit a precision sport such as archery, and why?
  8. 8th December 1998Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.
  9. 9th December 1998Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  10. 10th December 1998State the gas that moves out of the blood and into the alveoli to be exhaled.
  11. 11th December 1998State one physical sign that a performer is exercising anaerobically.
  12. 12th December 1998What is basal metabolic rate?
  13. 13th December 1998A second-class lever has an effort arm of 30 centimetres and a load arm of 10 centimetres. Calculate its mechanical advantage.
  14. 14th December 1998A performer's Cooper run distance is 2680 metres. Using VO2 max = (distance - 504.9) / 44.73, calculate their estimated VO2 max to one decimal place.
  15. 15th December 1998Explain why a swimming coach would apply the principle of specificity when designing a training programme for a 200m breaststroke swimmer.
  16. 16th December 1998Explain why motivation can affect the reliability of the multi-stage fitness test.
  17. 17th December 1998Name the three components of the golden triangle.
  18. 18th December 1998Classify a trampolining routine on the self-paced/externally paced continuum, and give one reason.
  19. 19th December 1998Give one strategy a coach could use to reduce a team's use of indirect aggression during matches.
  20. 20th December 1998Name the bone found in the lower leg, on the outside (lateral side) of the tibia.
  21. 21st December 1998Give one sporting example best suited to the aerobic energy system.
  22. 22nd December 1998Give one social benefit of taking part in physical activity.
  23. 23rd December 1998Describe what carbohydrate loading involves.
  24. 24th December 1998Which plane divides the body into upper and lower halves?
  25. 25th December 1998What does SMART stand for when setting a training target?
  26. 26th December 1998Give one health risk associated with using illegal performance-enhancing drugs instead of appropriate training methods to build strength.
  27. 27th December 1998Give one example of how correct technique can reduce the risk of injury when landing from a jump.
  28. 28th December 1998State one negative effect increased media coverage can have on a performer.
  29. 29th December 1998Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
  30. 30th December 1998Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
  31. 31st December 1998Explain why a light aerobic cool-down can speed up recovery from anaerobic exercise.