Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

May 2011 5-a-day

Every sheet in May 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 May 2011A performer has a stroke volume of 80 ml and a heart rate of 150 beats per minute. Calculate their cardiac output in ml/min.
  2. 2nd May 2011State one way blood helps to regulate body temperature during exercise.
  3. 3rd May 2011Does water provide the body with energy? Explain your answer.
  4. 4th May 2011Which class of lever is most common in the human body?
  5. 5th May 2011State the joint type of the shoulder, and give one joint action possible there during a tennis serve.
  6. 6th May 2011Give a sporting example where reaction time is essential, and explain why.
  7. 7th May 2011What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
  8. 8th May 2011Name one report that led to major changes in UK football stadium safety and crowd control.
  9. 9th May 2011Which category of PED would most benefit a precision sport such as archery, and why?
  10. 10th May 2011Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.
  11. 11th May 2011Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  12. 12th May 2011Is expiration at rest an active or a passive process?
  13. 13th May 2011Classify a marathon as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  14. 14th May 2011What is basal metabolic rate?
  15. 15th May 2011A second-class lever has an effort arm of 30 centimetres and a load arm of 10 centimetres. Calculate its mechanical advantage.
  16. 16th May 2011Define muscular endurance.
  17. 17th May 2011What does the F in FITT stand for?
  18. 18th May 2011State one limitation of the sit and reach test's validity for a games player.
  19. 19th May 2011Name the three components of the golden triangle.
  20. 20th May 2011Classify a trampolining routine on the self-paced/externally paced continuum, and give one reason.
  21. 21st May 2011Give one strategy a coach could use to reduce a team's use of indirect aggression during matches.
  22. 22nd May 2011State the muscle mainly responsible for flexion at the hip.
  23. 23rd May 2011Write the word equation for aerobic respiration.
  24. 24th May 2011Define fitness.
  25. 25th May 2011Describe what carbohydrate loading involves.
  26. 26th May 2011Which plane divides the body into upper and lower halves?
  27. 27th May 2011State the first stage in designing a PEP.
  28. 28th May 2011A coach sets an interval session of 20 seconds of work and 40 seconds of rest. Calculate the work:rest ratio in its simplest form.
  29. 29th May 2011Explain why cold weather increases the risk of muscle strains.
  30. 30th May 2011State one negative effect increased media coverage can have on a performer.
  31. 31st May 2011Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.