Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

November 2013 5-a-day

Every sheet in November 2013

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st November 2013Explain what is meant by 'fair play' beyond simply following the written rules.
  2. 2nd November 2013Explain the difference between knowledge of results and knowledge of performance.
  3. 3rd November 2013Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  4. 4th November 2013Which valve is found between the right atrium and the right ventricle?
  5. 5th November 2013State the main role of white blood cells.
  6. 6th November 2013Explain why a lack of iron could reduce a performer's aerobic performance.
  7. 7th November 2013Name the three components of every lever system.
  8. 8th November 2013During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the knee extends. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
  9. 9th November 2013A netball goal shooter records a vertical jump test score. Which skill-related component and which health-related component together help her jump higher to intercept a pass?
  10. 10th November 2013State one sporting example of how a dislocation might occur.
  11. 11th November 2013What is meant by 'hooliganism' in a sporting context?
  12. 12th November 2013Explain how EPO (erythropoietin) improves endurance performance.
  13. 13th November 2013Give one strategy a coach could use to raise a player's arousal before a match if they seem flat and under-motivated.
  14. 14th November 2013Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  15. 15th November 2013Name the airway that air passes through directly after the trachea.
  16. 16th November 2013Define aerobic exercise.
  17. 17th November 2013A cyclist expends 2,800 kilocalories in a day and eats food providing 3,100 kilocalories. Is this a surplus or a deficit, and by how much?
  18. 18th November 2013Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
  19. 19th November 2013Which health-related component does the hand grip dynamometer test measure?
  20. 20th November 2013Define reversibility.
  21. 21st November 2013A 14-year-old female scores 24cm on the sit and reach test. Using the table (Excellent: above 30cm; Good: 25 to 30cm; Average: 15 to 24cm; Below average: 10 to 14cm; Poor: below 10cm), state her rating.
  22. 22nd November 2013Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
  23. 23rd November 2013Why can a skill's position on the open-closed continuum change between different performances of the same skill?
  24. 24th November 2013According to social learning theory, what must happen for an observed aggressive behaviour to be repeated?
  25. 25th November 2013What is the role of a fixator muscle?
  26. 26th November 2013State one reason the aerobic system is not suitable for a 100m sprint.
  27. 27th November 2013Define wellbeing.
  28. 28th November 2013What is dietary manipulation?
  29. 29th November 2013Explain why a star jump occurs in the frontal plane.
  30. 30th November 2013A performer's PEP increases their continuous run time by 5 minutes every 3 weeks, starting at 20 minutes. Calculate their run time in week 7.