Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
May 2008 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2008State one reason participation in team sport can fall among ethnic minority groups in areas with few local facilities.
- 2nd May 2008Give one benefit of sponsorship to a sport's governing body.
- 3rd May 2008A javelin thrower currently throws 32m and wants to improve. State one reason a target of 45m in two weeks would fail the Achievable part of SMART.
- 4th May 2008Explain one risk of relying too heavily on tangible extrinsic rewards to motivate a young performer.
- 5th May 2008Give the type of synovial joint found at the elbow and state ONE movement it allows.
- 6th May 2008State one long-term adaptation of the respiratory system to endurance training.
- 7th May 2008Give one example of a complex carbohydrate food source.
- 8th May 2008What is dehydration?
- 9th May 2008Name the agonist during elbow flexion.
- 10th May 2008Why should an injured limb be elevated above the level of the heart?
- 11th May 2008Explain why a cool-down begins with light continuous exercise rather than going straight into stretching.
- 12th May 2008State one barrier disabled people can face when trying to access sports facilities.
- 13th May 2008Which organisation is responsible for writing and enforcing the rules of a sport?
- 14th May 2008Why might an elite performer rely more on intrinsic feedback than a beginner does?
- 15th May 2008Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 16th May 2008State the formula for cardiac output.
- 17th May 2008Give one reason blood volume or red blood cell count might increase after a period of altitude training.
- 18th May 2008What is fibre and why is it important in the diet?
- 19th May 2008Which axis is paired with the sagittal plane?
- 20th May 2008List, in order, the four things a complete movement analysis of a joint should state.
- 21st May 2008State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
- 22nd May 2008Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
- 23rd May 2008Give one example of deviance in sport.
- 24th May 2008Explain why a diuretic might be misused by a performer in a weight-category sport such as boxing.
- 25th May 2008According to the inverted-U theory, what happens to performance once arousal rises past the optimal point?
- 26th May 2008Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 27th May 2008State the gas that moves out of the blood and into the alveoli to be exhaled.
- 28th May 2008State one physical sign that a performer is exercising anaerobically.
- 29th May 2008What happens to a person's body weight if energy expenditure regularly exceeds energy intake?
- 30th May 2008Is the mechanical advantage of most third-class levers in the body above or below 1? Explain what this means.
- 31st May 2008A 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.