Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
May 2003 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2003State the approximate length of time an ice pack should be applied to an injury at any one time.
- 2nd May 2003What type of stretching is typically used during the mobility phase of a warm-up, and what type during a cool-down?
- 3rd May 2003Give one physical reason why participation in contact sport often falls as people get older.
- 4th May 2003State one drawback of using video technology to support officiating decisions.
- 5th May 2003A gymnast is told 'well done, that landing was perfectly balanced.' Classify this feedback by source and by tone.
- 6th May 2003Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 7th May 2003Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta?
- 8th May 2003Name the liquid part of blood that transports blood cells, nutrients and waste.
- 9th May 2003What is a micronutrient?
- 10th May 2003Name the three planes of movement used in movement analysis.
- 11th May 2003Which 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?
- 12th May 2003A performer runs the 30 metre sprint test in 4.2, 4.0 and 4.4 seconds across three trials. Calculate their mean time.
- 13th May 2003State two general measures a performer can take to reduce their risk of injury.
- 14th May 2003Define 'gamesmanship'.
- 15th May 2003Give one argument against the use of PEDs that is not directly about health.
- 16th May 2003Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.
- 17th May 2003Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 18th May 2003Give one structural feature of the alveoli that speeds up the rate of gaseous exchange.
- 19th May 2003Define anaerobic exercise.
- 20th May 2003Why might a very active athlete need a higher daily energy intake than an inactive person of the same body size?
- 21st May 2003State the order of fulcrum, load and effort in a first-class lever.
- 22nd May 2003Explain why a swimmer would want a high score in the muscular endurance test.
- 23rd May 2003Calculate the estimated maximum heart rate of a 40-year-old performer.
- 24th May 2003State one reason fitness testing might be used to select players for a squad.
- 25th May 2003Why is the relationship between sport, sponsorship and the media described as a 'triangle' rather than a straight line?
- 26th May 2003Classify a trampolining routine on the self-paced/externally paced continuum, and give one reason.
- 27th May 2003Give one strategy a coach could use to reduce a team's use of indirect aggression during matches.
- 28th May 2003Name the muscle that forms an antagonistic pair with the tibialis anterior at the ankle.
- 29th May 2003Name the by-product of the lactic acid (anaerobic glycolysis) energy system.
- 30th May 2003True or false: a person can be free of illness but still not be fully healthy. Justify your answer.
- 31st May 2003What is meant by 'body composition'?