Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

February 2005 5-a-day

Every sheet in February 2005

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

  1. 1st February 2005Classify a coach's applause and verbal praise as tangible or intangible extrinsic motivation.
  2. 2nd February 2005What is the function of cartilage at a synovial joint?
  3. 3rd February 2005A performer's resting stroke volume increases from 60 ml to 84 ml after a training programme. Calculate the percentage increase.
  4. 4th February 2005State the main role of protein in the diet.
  5. 5th February 2005Why might a sports drink containing carbohydrate and electrolytes be useful during a long training session, rather than water alone?
  6. 6th February 2005Name the muscle pair that acts as agonist and antagonist at the ankle.
  7. 7th February 2005Explain why ice should never be applied directly to bare skin.
  8. 8th February 2005State one physiological benefit of warming up before exercise.
  9. 9th February 2005What is meant by 'socio-economic group' in the context of sport participation?
  10. 10th February 2005Give one piece of technology used to support officials in tennis, and state what it checks.
  11. 11th February 2005Name the four stages of the information processing model, in order.
  12. 12th February 2005Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  13. 13th February 2005Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs.
  14. 14th February 2005What protein within red blood cells binds to oxygen?
  15. 15th February 2005Does water provide the body with energy? Explain your answer.
  16. 16th February 2005Which class of lever is most common in the human body?
  17. 17th February 2005State the joint type of the shoulder, and give one joint action possible there during a tennis serve.
  18. 18th February 2005Define agility.
  19. 19th February 2005What type of tissue is damaged in a sprain?
  20. 20th February 2005Name one report that led to major changes in UK football stadium safety and crowd control.
  21. 21st February 2005Which category of PED would most benefit a precision sport such as archery, and why?
  22. 22nd February 2005Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.
  23. 23rd February 2005Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  24. 24th February 2005Name the muscle that contracts and flattens during inspiration.
  25. 25th February 2005Give one reason a fast walk lasting an hour would be classed as aerobic rather than anaerobic exercise.
  26. 26th February 2005What is basal metabolic rate?
  27. 27th February 2005A second-class lever has an effort arm of 30 centimetres and a load arm of 10 centimetres. Calculate its mechanical advantage.
  28. 28th February 2005State two pieces of equipment needed to carry out the multi-stage fitness test.