Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

July 2003 5-a-day

Every sheet in July 2003

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

  1. 1st July 2003Name the component of blood responsible for clotting.
  2. 2nd July 2003Explain why a lack of iron could reduce a performer's aerobic performance.
  3. 3rd July 2003Name the three components of every lever system.
  4. 4th July 2003During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the knee extends. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
  5. 5th July 2003Explain why balance is important for a gymnast performing a handstand.
  6. 6th July 2003Give the difference between a traumatic fracture and a stress fracture.
  7. 7th July 2003What is meant by 'hooliganism' in a sporting context?
  8. 8th July 2003Explain how EPO (erythropoietin) improves endurance performance.
  9. 9th July 2003Define arousal in a sporting context.
  10. 10th July 2003Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  11. 11th July 2003Name the site where gaseous exchange takes place in the lungs.
  12. 12th July 2003Classify a 100m sprint as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  13. 13th July 2003A 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?
  14. 14th July 2003Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
  15. 15th July 2003Give one sport in which cardiovascular endurance is especially important, and explain why.
  16. 16th July 2003A performer has a maximum heart rate of 190 bpm. Calculate the upper boundary of their aerobic training zone (80% of maximum heart rate).
  17. 17th July 2003What is normative data used for?
  18. 18th July 2003Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
  19. 19th July 2003Define a closed skill.
  20. 20th July 2003A fly-half makes a strong, fair, full-blooded tackle that is completely within the rules and has no intent to injure. Is this aggression or assertion?
  21. 21st July 2003Name the bone that protects the brain.
  22. 22nd July 2003State the fuel used by the ATP-PC system.
  23. 23rd July 2003Which of the three wellbeing dimensions - physical, emotional or social - is most directly improved by joining a new sports club? Justify your choice.
  24. 24th July 2003What is dietary manipulation?
  25. 25th July 2003Explain why a star jump occurs in the frontal plane.
  26. 26th July 2003Give one reason a PEP should include an appropriate warm-up in every session.
  27. 27th July 2003Which training method uses a series of different exercise stations?
  28. 28th July 2003State one effect of playing sport in very hot weather.
  29. 29th July 2003Give one reason women's sport has historically received less media coverage than men's sport in the UK.
  30. 30th July 2003Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
  31. 31st July 2003Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.