Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
June 2012 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 2012Define a closed skill.
- 2nd June 2012A fly-half makes a strong, fair, full-blooded tackle that is completely within the rules and has no intent to injure. Is this aggression or assertion?
- 3rd June 2012Identify the agonist and antagonist muscle pair that works at the knee joint.
- 4th June 2012State roughly how long the ATP-PC system can supply energy for before it is depleted.
- 5th June 2012Give one physical benefit of taking part in physical activity.
- 6th June 2012Describe what carbohydrate loading involves.
- 7th June 2012Which plane divides the body into upper and lower halves?
- 8th June 2012A PEP starts with 2 training sessions a week. If progressive overload is applied by adding 1 extra session every 4 weeks, how many sessions per week will the performer be doing by week 9?
- 9th June 2012State the main energy system developed by continuous training.
- 10th June 2012Give one piece of protective equipment used in hockey, and state what injury it helps prevent.
- 11th June 2012Give one reason women's sport has historically received less media coverage than men's sport in the UK.
- 12th June 2012Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
- 13th June 2012Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
- 14th June 2012Name the two components of EPOC.
- 15th June 2012Why does synovial fluid become thinner (less viscous) during a warm-up?
- 16th June 2012Explain why weight-bearing exercise helps to reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
- 17th June 2012Is it common for a performer to be a pure example of just one somatotype? Explain your answer.
- 18th June 2012Name the joint type of the elbow, and state what movement it allows.
- 19th June 2012A performer's squat 1RM is 90kg. Their coach wants them training for maximal strength, at 85% of 1RM. Calculate the training weight, to the nearest kg.
- 20th June 2012Give one type of training that is emphasised during the pre-season, and explain why.
- 21st June 2012True or false: participation gaps between men and women in the UK have stayed exactly the same for the last twenty years. Justify your answer.
- 22nd June 2012Give one benefit of sponsorship to a sport's governing body.
- 23rd June 2012Give one psychological benefit of setting SMART goals for a performer.
- 24th June 2012Give one example of intrinsic motivation.
- 25th June 2012Name the fluid that lubricates a synovial joint and reduces friction.
- 26th June 2012State one long-term adaptation of the skeletal system to weight-bearing exercise.
- 27th June 2012Explain why a sprinter still needs some fat in their diet, even though fat is used mainly during low-intensity exercise.
- 28th June 2012What is dehydration?
- 29th June 2012Name the agonist during elbow flexion.
- 30th June 2012Explain how compression helps a soft-tissue injury.