Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

July 2016 5-a-day

Every sheet in July 2016

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

  1. 1st July 2016Name the four stages of the information processing model, in order.
  2. 2nd July 2016Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  3. 3rd July 2016State one structural difference between an artery and a vein.
  4. 4th July 2016Name the component of blood responsible for clotting.
  5. 5th July 2016Does water provide the body with energy? Explain your answer.
  6. 6th July 2016Which class of lever is most common in the human body?
  7. 7th July 2016State the joint type of the shoulder, and give one joint action possible there during a tennis serve.
  8. 8th July 2016Explain why balance is important for a gymnast performing a handstand.
  9. 9th July 2016Give the difference between a traumatic fracture and a stress fracture.
  10. 10th July 2016Name one report that led to major changes in UK football stadium safety and crowd control.
  11. 11th July 2016Which category of PED would most benefit a precision sport such as archery, and why?
  12. 12th July 2016Give one strategy a coach could use to raise a player's arousal before a match if they seem flat and under-motivated.
  13. 13th July 2016Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  14. 14th July 2016Name the site where gaseous exchange takes place in the lungs.
  15. 15th July 2016Classify a 100m sprint as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  16. 16th July 2016What is basal metabolic rate?
  17. 17th July 2016A second-class lever has an effort arm of 30 centimetres and a load arm of 10 centimetres. Calculate its mechanical advantage.
  18. 18th July 2016Give one sport in which cardiovascular endurance is especially important, and explain why.
  19. 19th July 2016A performer has a maximum heart rate of 190 bpm. Calculate the upper boundary of their aerobic training zone (80% of maximum heart rate).
  20. 20th July 2016What is normative data used for?
  21. 21st July 2016Name the three components of the golden triangle.
  22. 22nd July 2016Why can a skill's position on the open-closed continuum change between different performances of the same skill?
  23. 23rd July 2016According to social learning theory, what must happen for an observed aggressive behaviour to be repeated?
  24. 24th July 2016Name the bone that protects the brain.
  25. 25th July 2016State the fuel used by the ATP-PC system.
  26. 26th July 2016Which of the three wellbeing dimensions - physical, emotional or social - is most directly improved by joining a new sports club? Justify your choice.
  27. 27th July 2016Describe what carbohydrate loading involves.
  28. 28th July 2016Which plane divides the body into upper and lower halves?
  29. 29th July 2016Give one reason a PEP should include an appropriate warm-up in every session.
  30. 30th July 2016Which training method uses a series of different exercise stations?
  31. 31st July 2016State one effect of playing sport in very hot weather.