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.

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