Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

March 2010 5-a-day

Every sheet in March 2010

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 2010What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
  2. 2nd March 2010State one strategy used by football clubs or authorities to reduce hooliganism.
  3. 3rd March 2010Give one reason a performer might choose to use a banned PED despite the risks.
  4. 4th March 2010According to the inverted-U theory, what happens to performance once arousal rises past the optimal point?
  5. 5th March 2010Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  6. 6th March 2010Is expiration at rest an active or a passive process?
  7. 7th March 2010Classify a marathon as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  8. 8th March 2010Explain why a boxer trying to make a specific weight category might deliberately create a short-term energy deficit.
  9. 9th March 2010Give a named body example of a second-class lever.
  10. 10th March 2010Define muscular endurance.
  11. 11th March 2010What does the F in FITT stand for?
  12. 12th March 2010State one limitation of the sit and reach test's validity for a games player.
  13. 13th March 2010Explain one positive effect of commercialisation on a sport itself.
  14. 14th March 2010A footballer takes a penalty kick with no goalkeeper movement allowed until the ball is struck. State whether this is basic or complex, and justify your answer.
  15. 15th March 2010Define assertive behaviour in sport.
  16. 16th March 2010State the muscle mainly responsible for flexion at the hip.
  17. 17th March 2010Write the word equation for aerobic respiration.
  18. 18th March 2010Define fitness.
  19. 19th March 2010Explain why a sprinter would gain little benefit from carbohydrate loading before a 100 metre race.
  20. 20th March 2010Name a sporting movement, other than a full twist, that occurs in the transverse plane.
  21. 21st March 2010State the first stage in designing a PEP.
  22. 22nd March 2010A coach sets an interval session of 20 seconds of work and 40 seconds of rest. Calculate the work:rest ratio in its simplest form.
  23. 23rd March 2010Explain why cold weather increases the risk of muscle strains.
  24. 24th March 2010Explain one way technology has improved the coverage of sport for a television audience.
  25. 25th March 2010Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
  26. 26th March 2010Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
  27. 27th March 2010What does the abbreviation EPOC stand for?
  28. 28th March 2010State one short-term effect of exercise on the cardiovascular system.
  29. 29th March 2010What is hypertension?
  30. 30th March 2010Describe the physical characteristics of a mesomorph.
  31. 31st March 2010Define flexion.