Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
March 2007 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 2007
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2007State one long-term adaptation of the respiratory system to endurance training.
- 2nd March 2007Give one example of a complex carbohydrate food source.
- 3rd March 2007Why might a sports drink containing carbohydrate and electrolytes be useful during a long training session, rather than water alone?
- 4th March 2007Name the muscle pair that acts as agonist and antagonist at the ankle.
- 5th March 2007Why should an injured limb be elevated above the level of the heart?
- 6th March 2007Explain why a cool-down begins with light continuous exercise rather than going straight into stretching.
- 7th March 2007What is meant by 'socio-economic group' in the context of sport participation?
- 8th March 2007Give one piece of technology used to support officials in tennis, and state what it checks.
- 9th March 2007Name the four stages of the information processing model, in order.
- 10th March 2007Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 11th March 2007State the formula for cardiac output.
- 12th March 2007Give one reason blood volume or red blood cell count might increase after a period of altitude training.
- 13th March 2007Does water provide the body with energy? Explain your answer.
- 14th March 2007Which class of lever is most common in the human body?
- 15th March 2007State the joint type of the shoulder, and give one joint action possible there during a tennis serve.
- 16th March 2007State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
- 17th March 2007Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
- 18th March 2007Name one report that led to major changes in UK football stadium safety and crowd control.
- 19th March 2007Which category of PED would most benefit a precision sport such as archery, and why?
- 20th March 2007Explain why a rugby forward preparing to scrummage might benefit from a higher level of arousal than a golfer about to putt.
- 21st March 2007Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 22nd March 2007State the gas that moves out of the blood and into the alveoli to be exhaled.
- 23rd March 2007State one physical sign that a performer is exercising anaerobically.
- 24th March 2007What is basal metabolic rate?
- 25th March 2007A second-class lever has an effort arm of 30 centimetres and a load arm of 10 centimetres. Calculate its mechanical advantage.
- 26th March 2007A 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.
- 27th March 2007Explain why a swimming coach would apply the principle of specificity when designing a training programme for a 200m breaststroke swimmer.
- 28th March 2007Explain why motivation can affect the reliability of the multi-stage fitness test.
- 29th March 2007Name the three components of the golden triangle.
- 30th March 2007Give one example of a fine skill in sport.
- 31st March 2007A cricketer smashes his bat against the boundary boards after being given out. Is this direct or indirect aggression?