Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
July 2009 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 2009What term describes the redistribution of blood flow towards working muscles during exercise?
- 2nd July 2009Define a sedentary lifestyle.
- 3rd July 2009Name the three somatotypes.
- 4th July 2009Name the joint type of the shoulder, and state what movement it allows.
- 5th July 2009State the approximate percentage of 1RM range typically used to develop muscular endurance.
- 6th July 2009Explain why a performer should not stop training completely during the transition period.
- 7th July 2009State one reason participation in team sport can fall among ethnic minority groups in areas with few local facilities.
- 8th July 2009Give one benefit of sponsorship to an individual performer.
- 9th July 2009Explain why a vague goal such as 'try harder in matches' is not SMART.
- 10th July 2009Classify a coach's applause and verbal praise as tangible or intangible extrinsic motivation.
- 11th July 2009Give the type of synovial joint found at the elbow and state ONE movement it allows.
- 12th July 2009State one long-term adaptation of the respiratory system to endurance training.
- 13th July 2009Give one example of a complex carbohydrate food source.
- 14th July 2009Explain why a performer should not wait until they feel thirsty before drinking fluid during exercise.
- 15th July 2009Define agonist.
- 16th July 2009Why should an injured limb be elevated above the level of the heart?
- 17th July 2009Explain why a cool-down begins with light continuous exercise rather than going straight into stretching.
- 18th July 2009Give one physical reason why participation in contact sport often falls as people get older.
- 19th July 2009State one drawback of using video technology to support officiating decisions.
- 20th July 2009A gymnast is told 'well done, that landing was perfectly balanced.' Classify this feedback by source and by tone.
- 21st July 2009Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 22nd July 2009State the formula for cardiac output.
- 23rd July 2009Give one reason blood volume or red blood cell count might increase after a period of altitude training.
- 24th July 2009What is a micronutrient?
- 25th July 2009Name the three planes of movement used in movement analysis.
- 26th July 2009Which model, the lever model or the planes and axes model, is more suited to analysing a rotational movement such as a hip turn in a golf swing, and why?
- 27th July 2009State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
- 28th July 2009Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
- 29th July 2009Define 'gamesmanship'.
- 30th July 2009Give one argument against the use of PEDs that is not directly about health.
- 31st July 2009Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.