Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
April 2013 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 2013
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2013Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 2nd April 2013Name the four chambers of the heart.
- 3rd April 2013State one waste product removed from the muscles by the blood during exercise.
- 4th April 2013Name one vitamin and state one of its functions.
- 5th April 2013Which axis is paired with the transverse plane?
- 6th April 2013During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the ankle plantarflexes. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
- 7th April 2013Which skill-related component does the alternate hand wall-toss test measure?
- 8th April 2013Name the piece of cartilage in the knee that is commonly torn by a sudden twisting movement.
- 9th April 2013State one strategy used by football clubs or authorities to reduce hooliganism.
- 10th April 2013Give one reason a performer might choose to use a banned PED despite the risks.
- 11th April 2013Define arousal in a sporting context.
- 12th April 2013Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 13th April 2013State which extra muscles are used during forced (exercise) expiration, in addition to relaxation of the external intercostals.
- 14th April 2013State the by-product produced during anaerobic exercise that is not produced during aerobic exercise.
- 15th April 2013Explain why a boxer trying to make a specific weight category might deliberately create a short-term energy deficit.
- 16th April 2013Give a named body example of a second-class lever.
- 17th April 2013What does body composition measure?
- 18th April 2013A 25-year-old performer trains at a heart rate of 175 bpm. Calculate their maximum heart rate and state whether they are training in the aerobic or anaerobic zone.
- 19th April 2013Define validity in the context of fitness testing.
- 20th April 2013Explain one positive effect of commercialisation on a sport itself.
- 21st April 2013Define a closed skill.
- 22nd April 2013A 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?
- 23rd April 2013State two functions of the skeletal system other than movement.
- 24th April 2013Which energy system produces lactic acid as its by-product?
- 25th April 2013Give one emotional (mental) benefit of taking part in physical activity.
- 26th April 2013Explain why a sprinter would gain little benefit from carbohydrate loading before a 100 metre race.
- 27th April 2013Name a sporting movement, other than a full twist, that occurs in the transverse plane.
- 28th April 2013Give one reason a PEP should be periodised to match the performer's training season.
- 29th April 2013Give one sporting example suited to plyometric training and explain why.
- 30th April 2013Give one way that a hard, dry playing surface can increase the risk of injury.