Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

March 1999 5-a-day

Every sheet in March 1999

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

  1. 1st March 1999State one focus of training during the peak (competition) season, other than physical fitness.
  2. 2nd March 1999Explain why a lack of visible role models can reduce participation for a particular group.
  3. 3rd March 1999Give one benefit of sponsorship to an individual performer.
  4. 4th March 1999Give one psychological benefit of setting SMART goals for a performer.
  5. 5th March 1999Give one example of intrinsic motivation.
  6. 6th March 1999What is the function of cartilage at a synovial joint?
  7. 7th March 1999A performer's resting stroke volume increases from 60 ml to 84 ml after a training programme. Calculate the percentage increase.
  8. 8th March 1999State the main role of protein in the diet.
  9. 9th March 1999Explain why a performer should not wait until they feel thirsty before drinking fluid during exercise.
  10. 10th March 1999Define agonist.
  11. 11th March 1999Explain why ice should never be applied directly to bare skin.
  12. 12th March 1999State one physiological benefit of warming up before exercise.
  13. 13th March 1999Give one physical reason why participation in contact sport often falls as people get older.
  14. 14th March 1999State one drawback of using video technology to support officiating decisions.
  15. 15th March 1999A gymnast is told 'well done, that landing was perfectly balanced.' Classify this feedback by source and by tone.
  16. 16th March 1999Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  17. 17th March 1999Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs.
  18. 18th March 1999What protein within red blood cells binds to oxygen?
  19. 19th March 1999What is a micronutrient?
  20. 20th March 1999Name the three planes of movement used in movement analysis.
  21. 21st March 1999Which model, the lever model or the planes and axes model, is more suited to analysing a rotational movement such as a hip turn in a golf swing, and why?
  22. 22nd March 1999Define agility.
  23. 23rd March 1999What type of tissue is damaged in a sprain?
  24. 24th March 1999Define 'gamesmanship'.
  25. 25th March 1999Give one argument against the use of PEDs that is not directly about health.
  26. 26th March 1999Explain why a rugby forward preparing to scrummage might benefit from a higher level of arousal than a golfer about to putt.
  27. 27th March 1999Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  28. 28th March 1999Name the muscle that contracts and flattens during inspiration.
  29. 29th March 1999Give one reason a fast walk lasting an hour would be classed as aerobic rather than anaerobic exercise.
  30. 30th March 1999Why might a very active athlete need a higher daily energy intake than an inactive person of the same body size?
  31. 31st March 1999State the order of fulcrum, load and effort in a first-class lever.