Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

March 2011 5-a-day

Every sheet in March 2011

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 2011Explain why muscles need to work in agonist-antagonist pairs rather than alone.
  2. 2nd March 2011What does each letter of RICE stand for?
  3. 3rd March 2011Name the three phases of a warm-up in order.
  4. 4th March 2011Name one type of low-impact activity often used to encourage older adults to stay active.
  5. 5th March 2011Name one type of official found in football and one found in cricket.
  6. 6th March 2011State which stage of the information processing model uses the effector system to carry out the chosen action.
  7. 7th March 2011Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  8. 8th March 2011Name the structure that separates the left and right sides of the heart.
  9. 9th March 2011Which blood cells contain haemoglobin and carry oxygen around the body?
  10. 10th March 2011Name one vitamin and state one of its functions.
  11. 11th March 2011Which axis is paired with the transverse plane?
  12. 12th March 2011During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the ankle plantarflexes. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
  13. 13th March 2011Name the test used to measure power.
  14. 14th March 2011A tennis player pulls up sharply while sprinting for a wide shot, feeling a sudden sharp pain in the back of their thigh. Which injury is most likely, and what tissue is damaged?
  15. 15th March 2011State one strategy used by football clubs or authorities to reduce hooliganism.
  16. 16th March 2011Give one reason a performer might choose to use a banned PED despite the risks.
  17. 17th March 2011Give one strategy a coach could use to raise a player's arousal before a match if they seem flat and under-motivated.
  18. 18th March 2011Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  19. 19th March 2011State the direction oxygen moves during gaseous exchange at the alveoli.
  20. 20th March 2011Name one team sport in which players use both aerobic and anaerobic exercise during a single match.
  21. 21st March 2011Explain why a boxer trying to make a specific weight category might deliberately create a short-term energy deficit.
  22. 22nd March 2011Give a named body example of a second-class lever.
  23. 23rd March 2011Name the test used to measure flexibility.
  24. 24th March 2011Why might a training programme that never changes exercises or intensity risk breaking two principles of training at once?
  25. 25th March 2011Give one reason a coach might carry out fitness testing at the start of a season.
  26. 26th March 2011Explain one positive effect of commercialisation on a sport itself.
  27. 27th March 2011Why can a skill's position on the open-closed continuum change between different performances of the same skill?
  28. 28th March 2011According to social learning theory, what must happen for an observed aggressive behaviour to be repeated?
  29. 29th March 2011Identify the agonist and antagonist muscle pair that works at the knee joint.
  30. 30th March 2011State roughly how long the ATP-PC system can supply energy for before it is depleted.
  31. 31st March 2011Give one physical benefit of taking part in physical activity.