Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

January 2006 5-a-day

Every sheet in January 2006

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 2006State which stage of the information processing model uses the effector system to carry out the chosen action.
  2. 2nd January 2006Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  3. 3rd January 2006State the formula for cardiac output.
  4. 4th January 2006Give one reason blood volume or red blood cell count might increase after a period of altitude training.
  5. 5th January 2006Name one vitamin and state one of its functions.
  6. 6th January 2006Which axis is paired with the transverse plane?
  7. 7th January 2006During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the ankle plantarflexes. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
  8. 8th January 2006State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
  9. 9th January 2006Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
  10. 10th January 2006State one strategy used by football clubs or authorities to reduce hooliganism.
  11. 11th January 2006Give one reason a performer might choose to use a banned PED despite the risks.
  12. 12th January 2006Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.
  13. 13th January 2006Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  14. 14th January 2006State the gas that moves out of the blood and into the alveoli to be exhaled.
  15. 15th January 2006State one physical sign that a performer is exercising anaerobically.
  16. 16th January 2006Explain why a boxer trying to make a specific weight category might deliberately create a short-term energy deficit.
  17. 17th January 2006Give a named body example of a second-class lever.
  18. 18th January 2006A performer's Cooper run distance is 2680 metres. Using VO2 max = (distance - 504.9) / 44.73, calculate their estimated VO2 max to one decimal place.
  19. 19th January 2006Explain why a swimming coach would apply the principle of specificity when designing a training programme for a 200m breaststroke swimmer.
  20. 20th January 2006Explain why motivation can affect the reliability of the multi-stage fitness test.
  21. 21st January 2006Explain one positive effect of commercialisation on a sport itself.
  22. 22nd January 2006Classify a trampolining routine on the self-paced/externally paced continuum, and give one reason.
  23. 23rd January 2006Give one strategy a coach could use to reduce a team's use of indirect aggression during matches.
  24. 24th January 2006Name the bone found in the lower leg, on the outside (lateral side) of the tibia.
  25. 25th January 2006Give one sporting example best suited to the aerobic energy system.
  26. 26th January 2006Give one social benefit of taking part in physical activity.
  27. 27th January 2006Explain why a sprinter would gain little benefit from carbohydrate loading before a 100 metre race.
  28. 28th January 2006Name a sporting movement, other than a full twist, that occurs in the transverse plane.
  29. 29th January 2006What does SMART stand for when setting a training target?
  30. 30th January 2006Give one health risk associated with using illegal performance-enhancing drugs instead of appropriate training methods to build strength.
  31. 31st January 2006Give one example of how correct technique can reduce the risk of injury when landing from a jump.