Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

October 2016 5-a-day

Every sheet in October 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 October 2016Name the joint type of the shoulder, and state what movement it allows.
  2. 2nd October 2016An athlete's 1RM on the bench press is 60kg. Calculate 75% of their 1RM.
  3. 3rd October 2016Define periodisation.
  4. 4th October 2016Which UK national survey is most commonly used to track adult participation in physical activity?
  5. 5th October 2016Give one benefit of sponsorship to an individual performer.
  6. 6th October 2016What does the M in SMART stand for?
  7. 7th October 2016Why is intrinsic motivation generally seen as more important than extrinsic motivation for long-term participation in sport?
  8. 8th October 2016Which structure connects muscle to bone?
  9. 9th October 2016What term describes a lower-than-average resting heart rate caused by training?
  10. 10th October 2016Give one function of fat in the body, other than as an energy store.
  11. 11th October 2016Explain why a performer should not wait until they feel thirsty before drinking fluid during exercise.
  12. 12th October 2016Define agonist.
  13. 13th October 2016Explain why Rest is applied as the first stage of RICE.
  14. 14th October 2016Give one reason why the skill rehearsal phase of a warm-up should be sport-specific.
  15. 15th October 2016Give one physical reason why participation in contact sport often falls as people get older.
  16. 16th October 2016State one drawback of using video technology to support officiating decisions.
  17. 17th October 2016A gymnast is told 'well done, that landing was perfectly balanced.' Classify this feedback by source and by tone.
  18. 18th October 2016Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  19. 19th October 2016Name the four chambers of the heart.
  20. 20th October 2016State one waste product removed from the muscles by the blood during exercise.
  21. 21st October 2016What is a micronutrient?
  22. 22nd October 2016Name the three planes of movement used in movement analysis.
  23. 23rd October 2016Which model, the lever model or the planes and axes model, is more suited to analysing a rotational movement such as a hip turn in a golf swing, and why?
  24. 24th October 2016Which skill-related component does the alternate hand wall-toss test measure?
  25. 25th October 2016Name the piece of cartilage in the knee that is commonly torn by a sudden twisting movement.
  26. 26th October 2016Define 'gamesmanship'.
  27. 27th October 2016Give one argument against the use of PEDs that is not directly about health.
  28. 28th October 2016Define arousal in a sporting context.
  29. 29th October 2016Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  30. 30th October 2016State which extra muscles are used during forced (exercise) expiration, in addition to relaxation of the external intercostals.
  31. 31st October 2016State the by-product produced during anaerobic exercise that is not produced during aerobic exercise.