Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

June 2001 5-a-day

Every sheet in June 2001

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

  1. 1st June 2001Explain what is meant by 'fair play' beyond simply following the written rules.
  2. 2nd June 2001Explain the difference between knowledge of results and knowledge of performance.
  3. 3rd June 2001Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  4. 4th June 2001Name the four chambers of the heart.
  5. 5th June 2001State one waste product removed from the muscles by the blood during exercise.
  6. 6th June 2001Explain why a lack of iron could reduce a performer's aerobic performance.
  7. 7th June 2001Name the three components of every lever system.
  8. 8th June 2001During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the knee extends. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
  9. 9th June 2001Which skill-related component does the alternate hand wall-toss test measure?
  10. 10th June 2001Name the piece of cartilage in the knee that is commonly torn by a sudden twisting movement.
  11. 11th June 2001What is meant by 'hooliganism' in a sporting context?
  12. 12th June 2001Explain how EPO (erythropoietin) improves endurance performance.
  13. 13th June 2001Give one strategy a coach could use to raise a player's arousal before a match if they seem flat and under-motivated.
  14. 14th June 2001Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  15. 15th June 2001State which extra muscles are used during forced (exercise) expiration, in addition to relaxation of the external intercostals.
  16. 16th June 2001State the by-product produced during anaerobic exercise that is not produced during aerobic exercise.
  17. 17th June 2001A 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?
  18. 18th June 2001Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
  19. 19th June 2001What does body composition measure?
  20. 20th June 2001A 25-year-old performer trains at a heart rate of 175 bpm. Calculate their maximum heart rate and state whether they are training in the aerobic or anaerobic zone.
  21. 21st June 2001Define validity in the context of fitness testing.
  22. 22nd June 2001Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
  23. 23rd June 2001Why can a skill's position on the open-closed continuum change between different performances of the same skill?
  24. 24th June 2001According to social learning theory, what must happen for an observed aggressive behaviour to be repeated?
  25. 25th June 2001State two functions of the skeletal system other than movement.
  26. 26th June 2001Which energy system produces lactic acid as its by-product?
  27. 27th June 2001Give one emotional (mental) benefit of taking part in physical activity.
  28. 28th June 2001What is dietary manipulation?
  29. 29th June 2001Explain why a star jump occurs in the frontal plane.
  30. 30th June 2001Give one reason a PEP should be periodised to match the performer's training season.