Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

April 2017 5-a-day

Every sheet in April 2017

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

  1. 1st April 2017Name one mineral and state one of its functions.
  2. 2nd April 2017In which plane does a cartwheel occur?
  3. 3rd April 2017Why is it important to state which phase of a skill (e.g. preparation, action, follow-through) your analysis of a joint refers to?
  4. 4th April 2017Give a sporting example where reaction time is essential, and explain why.
  5. 5th April 2017What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
  6. 6th April 2017Give one situational factor that can increase the likelihood of spectator disorder at a match.
  7. 7th April 2017Which category of PED increases muscle mass and speeds up recovery from training?
  8. 8th April 2017According to the inverted-U theory, what happens to performance once arousal rises past the optimal point?
  9. 9th April 2017Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  10. 10th April 2017Is expiration at rest an active or a passive process?
  11. 11th April 2017Classify a marathon as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  12. 12th April 2017Give one performance risk of a performer regularly eating too little to fuel their training.
  13. 13th April 2017State the equation for mechanical advantage.
  14. 14th April 2017Define muscular endurance.
  15. 15th April 2017What does the F in FITT stand for?
  16. 16th April 2017State one limitation of the sit and reach test's validity for a games player.
  17. 17th April 2017Give one negative effect of commercialisation on officials.
  18. 18th April 2017A footballer takes a penalty kick with no goalkeeper movement allowed until the ball is struck. State whether this is basic or complex, and justify your answer.
  19. 19th April 2017Define assertive behaviour in sport.
  20. 20th April 2017State the muscle mainly responsible for flexion at the hip.
  21. 21st April 2017Write the word equation for aerobic respiration.
  22. 22nd April 2017Define fitness.
  23. 23rd April 2017Give one reason a performer might want to reduce body fat as part of their overall diet strategy.
  24. 24th April 2017State the axis about which the body rotates during a forward roll.
  25. 25th April 2017State the first stage in designing a PEP.
  26. 26th April 2017A coach sets an interval session of 20 seconds of work and 40 seconds of rest. Calculate the work:rest ratio in its simplest form.
  27. 27th April 2017Explain why cold weather increases the risk of muscle strains.
  28. 28th April 2017Explain one way technology has improved the coverage of sport for a television audience.
  29. 29th April 2017Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
  30. 30th April 2017Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.