Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

January 2004 5-a-day

Every sheet in January 2004

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

  1. 1st January 2004State the WHO definition of health.
  2. 2nd January 2004Explain why a sprinter would gain little benefit from carbohydrate loading before a 100 metre race.
  3. 3rd January 2004Name a sporting movement, other than a full twist, that occurs in the transverse plane.
  4. 4th January 2004State the purpose of retesting at the end of a PEP.
  5. 5th January 2004A weightlifter's training focuses on low reps with very heavy weights. Which fitness component is this weight training programme mainly developing?
  6. 6th January 2004Give one example of appropriate clothing that would help reduce injury risk for a cyclist.
  7. 7th January 2004Explain one way technology has improved the coverage of sport for a television audience.
  8. 8th January 2004Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
  9. 9th January 2004Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
  10. 10th January 2004Which component of EPOC replenishes ATP and phosphocreatine stores?
  11. 11th January 2004Explain why blood is directed away from the digestive system during exercise.
  12. 12th January 2004What is hypertension?
  13. 13th January 2004Describe the physical characteristics of a mesomorph.
  14. 14th January 2004Define flexion.
  15. 15th January 2004A training programme increases work time from a 30-second base by 5 seconds every week, while rest stays at 30 seconds. Calculate the work:rest ratio, in its simplest form, in week 3.
  16. 16th January 2004A macrocycle of 40 weeks is split into a pre-season and a competition season of equal length, with no transition period. Calculate the length of each season.
  17. 17th January 2004Give one barrier to sport participation that particularly affects some Muslim women.
  18. 18th January 2004State one reason a sponsor might end a deal with a performer.
  19. 19th January 2004Give one difference between an outcome goal and a performance goal.
  20. 20th January 2004Classify a 'man of the match' trophy as tangible or intangible extrinsic motivation.
  21. 21st January 2004Which structure connects bone to bone?
  22. 22nd January 2004Give one reason increased capillarisation around the muscles benefits an endurance performer.
  23. 23rd January 2004Which macronutrient typically makes up the largest proportion of a balanced diet?
  24. 24th January 2004Why might a sports drink containing carbohydrate and electrolytes be useful during a long training session, rather than water alone?
  25. 25th January 2004Name the muscle pair that acts as agonist and antagonist at the ankle.
  26. 26th January 2004What does each letter of RICE stand for?
  27. 27th January 2004Name the three phases of a warm-up in order.
  28. 28th January 2004What is meant by 'socio-economic group' in the context of sport participation?
  29. 29th January 2004Give one piece of technology used to support officials in tennis, and state what it checks.
  30. 30th January 2004Name the four stages of the information processing model, in order.
  31. 31st January 2004Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.