Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

August 2006 5-a-day

Every sheet in August 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 August 2006Explain how compression helps a soft-tissue injury.
  2. 2nd August 2006State one possible benefit of cooling down for a performer's recovery.
  3. 3rd August 2006Explain why cost can be a barrier to participation for people in a lower socio-economic group.
  4. 4th August 2006Explain what is meant by 'fair play' beyond simply following the written rules.
  5. 5th August 2006Explain the difference between knowledge of results and knowledge of performance.
  6. 6th August 2006Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  7. 7th August 2006A performer has a stroke volume of 80 ml and a heart rate of 150 beats per minute. Calculate their cardiac output in ml/min.
  8. 8th August 2006State one way blood helps to regulate body temperature during exercise.
  9. 9th August 2006Explain why a lack of iron could reduce a performer's aerobic performance.
  10. 10th August 2006Name the three components of every lever system.
  11. 11th August 2006During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the knee extends. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
  12. 12th August 2006Give a sporting example where reaction time is essential, and explain why.
  13. 13th August 2006What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
  14. 14th August 2006What is meant by 'hooliganism' in a sporting context?
  15. 15th August 2006Explain how EPO (erythropoietin) improves endurance performance.
  16. 16th August 2006According to the inverted-U theory, what happens to performance once arousal rises past the optimal point?
  17. 17th August 2006Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  18. 18th August 2006Is expiration at rest an active or a passive process?
  19. 19th August 2006Classify a marathon as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  20. 20th August 2006A 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?
  21. 21st August 2006Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
  22. 22nd August 2006Define muscular endurance.
  23. 23rd August 2006What does the F in FITT stand for?
  24. 24th August 2006State one limitation of the sit and reach test's validity for a games player.
  25. 25th August 2006Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
  26. 26th August 2006A footballer takes a penalty kick with no goalkeeper movement allowed until the ball is struck. State whether this is basic or complex, and justify your answer.
  27. 27th August 2006Define assertive behaviour in sport.
  28. 28th August 2006State the muscle mainly responsible for flexion at the hip.
  29. 29th August 2006Write the word equation for aerobic respiration.
  30. 30th August 2006Define fitness.
  31. 31st August 2006What is dietary manipulation?