Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
April 2014 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2014Define 'sponsorship' in a sporting context.
- 2nd April 2014Give one psychological benefit of setting SMART goals for a performer.
- 3rd April 2014Give one example of intrinsic motivation.
- 4th April 2014Give the type of synovial joint found at the elbow and state ONE movement it allows.
- 5th April 2014State one long-term adaptation of the respiratory system to endurance training.
- 6th April 2014Give one example of a complex carbohydrate food source.
- 7th April 2014Give one function of water that is relevant to sporting performance.
- 8th April 2014Explain why muscles need to work in agonist-antagonist pairs rather than alone.
- 9th April 2014Why should an injured limb be elevated above the level of the heart?
- 10th April 2014Explain why a cool-down begins with light continuous exercise rather than going straight into stretching.
- 11th April 2014Name one type of low-impact activity often used to encourage older adults to stay active.
- 12th April 2014Name one type of official found in football and one found in cricket.
- 13th April 2014State which stage of the information processing model uses the effector system to carry out the chosen action.
- 14th April 2014Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 15th April 2014State the formula for cardiac output.
- 16th April 2014Give one reason blood volume or red blood cell count might increase after a period of altitude training.
- 17th April 2014Name one vitamin and state one of its functions.
- 18th April 2014Which axis is paired with the transverse plane?
- 19th April 2014During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the ankle plantarflexes. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
- 20th April 2014State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
- 21st April 2014Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
- 22nd April 2014State one strategy used by football clubs or authorities to reduce hooliganism.
- 23rd April 2014Give one reason a performer might choose to use a banned PED despite the risks.
- 24th April 2014Explain why a rugby forward preparing to scrummage might benefit from a higher level of arousal than a golfer about to putt.
- 25th April 2014Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 26th April 2014State the gas that moves out of the blood and into the alveoli to be exhaled.
- 27th April 2014State one physical sign that a performer is exercising anaerobically.
- 28th April 2014Explain why a boxer trying to make a specific weight category might deliberately create a short-term energy deficit.
- 29th April 2014Give a named body example of a second-class lever.
- 30th April 2014A performer's Cooper run distance is 2680 metres. Using VO2 max = (distance - 504.9) / 44.73, calculate their estimated VO2 max to one decimal place.