Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

August 2015 5-a-day

Every sheet in August 2015

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

  1. 1st August 2015Give one difference between an outcome goal and a performance goal.
  2. 2nd August 2015Classify a 'man of the match' trophy as tangible or intangible extrinsic motivation.
  3. 3rd August 2015Which structure connects muscle to bone?
  4. 4th August 2015What term describes a lower-than-average resting heart rate caused by training?
  5. 5th August 2015Give one function of fat in the body, other than as an energy store.
  6. 6th August 2015What is dehydration?
  7. 7th August 2015Name the agonist during elbow flexion.
  8. 8th August 2015Explain why Rest is applied as the first stage of RICE.
  9. 9th August 2015Give one reason why the skill rehearsal phase of a warm-up should be sport-specific.
  10. 10th August 2015State one barrier disabled people can face when trying to access sports facilities.
  11. 11th August 2015Which organisation is responsible for writing and enforcing the rules of a sport?
  12. 12th August 2015Why might an elite performer rely more on intrinsic feedback than a beginner does?
  13. 13th August 2015Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  14. 14th August 2015Name the four chambers of the heart.
  15. 15th August 2015State one waste product removed from the muscles by the blood during exercise.
  16. 16th August 2015What is fibre and why is it important in the diet?
  17. 17th August 2015Which axis is paired with the sagittal plane?
  18. 18th August 2015List, in order, the four things a complete movement analysis of a joint should state.
  19. 19th August 2015Which skill-related component does the alternate hand wall-toss test measure?
  20. 20th August 2015Name the piece of cartilage in the knee that is commonly torn by a sudden twisting movement.
  21. 21st August 2015Give one example of deviance in sport.
  22. 22nd August 2015Explain why a diuretic might be misused by a performer in a weight-category sport such as boxing.
  23. 23rd August 2015Give one strategy a coach could use to raise a player's arousal before a match if they seem flat and under-motivated.
  24. 24th August 2015Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  25. 25th August 2015State which extra muscles are used during forced (exercise) expiration, in addition to relaxation of the external intercostals.
  26. 26th August 2015State the by-product produced during anaerobic exercise that is not produced during aerobic exercise.
  27. 27th August 2015What happens to a person's body weight if energy expenditure regularly exceeds energy intake?
  28. 28th August 2015Is the mechanical advantage of most third-class levers in the body above or below 1? Explain what this means.
  29. 29th August 2015What does body composition measure?
  30. 30th August 2015A 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.
  31. 31st August 2015Define validity in the context of fitness testing.