Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

June 2009 5-a-day

Every sheet in June 2009

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st June 2009Which axis is paired with the sagittal plane?
  2. 2nd June 2009List, in order, the four things a complete movement analysis of a joint should state.
  3. 3rd June 2009Explain why balance is important for a gymnast performing a handstand.
  4. 4th June 2009Give the difference between a traumatic fracture and a stress fracture.
  5. 5th June 2009Give one example of deviance in sport.
  6. 6th June 2009Explain why a diuretic might be misused by a performer in a weight-category sport such as boxing.
  7. 7th June 2009Give one strategy a coach could use to raise a player's arousal before a match if they seem flat and under-motivated.
  8. 8th June 2009Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  9. 9th June 2009Name the site where gaseous exchange takes place in the lungs.
  10. 10th June 2009Classify a 100m sprint as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  11. 11th June 2009What happens to a person's body weight if energy expenditure regularly exceeds energy intake?
  12. 12th June 2009Is the mechanical advantage of most third-class levers in the body above or below 1? Explain what this means.
  13. 13th June 2009Give one sport in which cardiovascular endurance is especially important, and explain why.
  14. 14th June 2009A performer has a maximum heart rate of 190 bpm. Calculate the upper boundary of their aerobic training zone (80% of maximum heart rate).
  15. 15th June 2009What is normative data used for?
  16. 16th June 2009Give one example of a sport changing its rules or format for commercial or broadcast reasons.
  17. 17th June 2009Why can a skill's position on the open-closed continuum change between different performances of the same skill?
  18. 18th June 2009According to social learning theory, what must happen for an observed aggressive behaviour to be repeated?
  19. 19th June 2009Name the bone that protects the brain.
  20. 20th June 2009State the fuel used by the ATP-PC system.
  21. 21st June 2009Which of the three wellbeing dimensions - physical, emotional or social - is most directly improved by joining a new sports club? Justify your choice.
  22. 22nd June 2009What should a performer eat soon after a hard training session, and why?
  23. 23rd June 2009In which plane does a footballer's kicking leg move as they strike the ball?
  24. 24th June 2009Give one reason a PEP should include an appropriate warm-up in every session.
  25. 25th June 2009Which training method uses a series of different exercise stations?
  26. 26th June 2009State one effect of playing sport in very hot weather.
  27. 27th June 2009Give three examples of media channels through which sport is broadcast or reported.
  28. 28th June 2009Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
  29. 29th June 2009Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
  30. 30th June 2009State roughly how long the fast component of EPOC takes to complete.