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.
- 1st January 2006State which stage of the information processing model uses the effector system to carry out the chosen action.
- 2nd January 2006Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 3rd January 2006State the formula for cardiac output.
- 4th January 2006Give one reason blood volume or red blood cell count might increase after a period of altitude training.
- 5th January 2006Name one vitamin and state one of its functions.
- 6th January 2006Which axis is paired with the transverse plane?
- 7th January 2006During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the ankle plantarflexes. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
- 8th January 2006State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
- 9th January 2006Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
- 10th January 2006State one strategy used by football clubs or authorities to reduce hooliganism.
- 11th January 2006Give one reason a performer might choose to use a banned PED despite the risks.
- 12th January 2006Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.
- 13th January 2006Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 14th January 2006State the gas that moves out of the blood and into the alveoli to be exhaled.
- 15th January 2006State one physical sign that a performer is exercising anaerobically.
- 16th January 2006Explain why a boxer trying to make a specific weight category might deliberately create a short-term energy deficit.
- 17th January 2006Give a named body example of a second-class lever.
- 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.
- 19th January 2006Explain why a swimming coach would apply the principle of specificity when designing a training programme for a 200m breaststroke swimmer.
- 20th January 2006Explain why motivation can affect the reliability of the multi-stage fitness test.
- 21st January 2006Explain one positive effect of commercialisation on a sport itself.
- 22nd January 2006Classify a trampolining routine on the self-paced/externally paced continuum, and give one reason.
- 23rd January 2006Give one strategy a coach could use to reduce a team's use of indirect aggression during matches.
- 24th January 2006Name the bone found in the lower leg, on the outside (lateral side) of the tibia.
- 25th January 2006Give one sporting example best suited to the aerobic energy system.
- 26th January 2006Give one social benefit of taking part in physical activity.
- 27th January 2006Explain why a sprinter would gain little benefit from carbohydrate loading before a 100 metre race.
- 28th January 2006Name a sporting movement, other than a full twist, that occurs in the transverse plane.
- 29th January 2006What does SMART stand for when setting a training target?
- 30th January 2006Give one health risk associated with using illegal performance-enhancing drugs instead of appropriate training methods to build strength.
- 31st January 2006Give one example of how correct technique can reduce the risk of injury when landing from a jump.