Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
August 2011 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 2011
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2011A swimmer's 44-week year is divided into a 16-week pre-season mesocycle and a 5-week transition mesocycle. Calculate the length of the remaining competition season.
- 2nd August 2011What is meant by 'participation rate' in physical activity?
- 3rd August 2011Give one benefit of sponsorship to an individual performer.
- 4th August 2011Give one psychological benefit of setting SMART goals for a performer.
- 5th August 2011Give one example of intrinsic motivation.
- 6th August 2011Name the three classifications of joint by the amount of movement they allow.
- 7th August 2011State one long-term adaptation that increases a muscle's ability to store and use oxygen.
- 8th August 2011Name the three macronutrients.
- 9th August 2011Explain why a performer should not wait until they feel thirsty before drinking fluid during exercise.
- 10th August 2011Define agonist.
- 11th August 2011State the approximate length of time an ice pack should be applied to an injury at any one time.
- 12th August 2011What type of stretching is typically used during the mobility phase of a warm-up, and what type during a cool-down?
- 13th August 2011Give one physical reason why participation in contact sport often falls as people get older.
- 14th August 2011State one drawback of using video technology to support officiating decisions.
- 15th August 2011A gymnast is told 'well done, that landing was perfectly balanced.' Classify this feedback by source and by tone.
- 16th August 2011Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 17th August 2011Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta?
- 18th August 2011Name the liquid part of blood that transports blood cells, nutrients and waste.
- 19th August 2011What is a micronutrient?
- 20th August 2011Name the three planes of movement used in movement analysis.
- 21st August 2011Which 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?
- 22nd August 2011A performer runs the 30 metre sprint test in 4.2, 4.0 and 4.4 seconds across three trials. Calculate their mean time.
- 23rd August 2011State two general measures a performer can take to reduce their risk of injury.
- 24th August 2011Define 'gamesmanship'.
- 25th August 2011Give one argument against the use of PEDs that is not directly about health.
- 26th August 2011Explain why a rugby forward preparing to scrummage might benefit from a higher level of arousal than a golfer about to putt.
- 27th August 2011Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 28th August 2011Give one structural feature of the alveoli that speeds up the rate of gaseous exchange.
- 29th August 2011Define anaerobic exercise.
- 30th August 2011Why might a very active athlete need a higher daily energy intake than an inactive person of the same body size?
- 31st August 2011State the order of fulcrum, load and effort in a first-class lever.