Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
September 2008 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2008Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart to the lungs.
- 2nd September 2008What protein within red blood cells binds to oxygen?
- 3rd September 2008Explain why a lack of iron could reduce a performer's aerobic performance.
- 4th September 2008Name the three components of every lever system.
- 5th September 2008During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the knee extends. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
- 6th September 2008Define agility.
- 7th September 2008What type of tissue is damaged in a sprain?
- 8th September 2008What is meant by 'hooliganism' in a sporting context?
- 9th September 2008Explain how EPO (erythropoietin) improves endurance performance.
- 10th September 2008Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.
- 11th September 2008Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 12th September 2008Name the muscle that contracts and flattens during inspiration.
- 13th September 2008Give one reason a fast walk lasting an hour would be classed as aerobic rather than anaerobic exercise.
- 14th September 2008A 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?
- 15th September 2008Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
- 16th September 2008State two pieces of equipment needed to carry out the multi-stage fitness test.
- 17th September 2008Give one way a performer could apply progressive overload to a running programme without changing how often they train.
- 18th September 2008Define reliability in the context of fitness testing.
- 19th September 2008Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
- 20th September 2008Classify a trampolining routine on the self-paced/externally paced continuum, and give one reason.
- 21st September 2008Give one strategy a coach could use to reduce a team's use of indirect aggression during matches.
- 22nd September 2008A gymnast holds a handstand. What keeps the shoulder joint stable while other muscles work to maintain balance?
- 23rd September 2008Name the molecule that is broken down to directly release energy for muscle contraction.
- 24th September 2008State the WHO definition of health.
- 25th September 2008What is dietary manipulation?
- 26th September 2008Explain why a star jump occurs in the frontal plane.
- 27th September 2008State the purpose of retesting at the end of a PEP.
- 28th September 2008A weightlifter's training focuses on low reps with very heavy weights. Which fitness component is this weight training programme mainly developing?
- 29th September 2008Give one example of appropriate clothing that would help reduce injury risk for a cyclist.
- 30th September 2008State one negative effect increased media coverage can have on a performer.