Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
November 2018 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 2018
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2018Why might a coach set a performance goal rather than an outcome goal for a gymnast before a competition?
- 2nd November 2018Give one way a coach could help build a performer's intrinsic motivation, other than through rewards.
- 3rd November 2018State the movement that increases the angle at a joint, straightening a limb.
- 4th November 2018Name the long-term adaptation in which muscle fibres increase in size as a result of resistance training.
- 5th November 2018State the main role of carbohydrate in the diet.
- 6th November 2018Explain why a performer should not wait until they feel thirsty before drinking fluid during exercise.
- 7th November 2018Define agonist.
- 8th November 2018State the type of injury RICE is primarily used to treat.
- 9th November 2018Give one example activity suitable for the pulse raiser phase of a warm-up.
- 10th November 2018Give one physical reason why participation in contact sport often falls as people get older.
- 11th November 2018State one drawback of using video technology to support officiating decisions.
- 12th November 2018A gymnast is told 'well done, that landing was perfectly balanced.' Classify this feedback by source and by tone.
- 13th November 2018Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 14th November 2018State one structural difference between an artery and a vein.
- 15th November 2018Name the component of blood responsible for clotting.
- 16th November 2018What is a micronutrient?
- 17th November 2018Name the three planes of movement used in movement analysis.
- 18th November 2018Which 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?
- 19th November 2018Explain why balance is important for a gymnast performing a handstand.
- 20th November 2018Give the difference between a traumatic fracture and a stress fracture.
- 21st November 2018Define 'gamesmanship'.
- 22nd November 2018Give one argument against the use of PEDs that is not directly about health.
- 23rd November 2018A darts player needs very fine, precise control for each throw. State whether their optimal arousal level is likely to be relatively low or relatively high, and give a reason.
- 24th November 2018Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 25th November 2018Name the site where gaseous exchange takes place in the lungs.
- 26th November 2018Classify a 100m sprint as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
- 27th November 2018Why might a very active athlete need a higher daily energy intake than an inactive person of the same body size?
- 28th November 2018State the order of fulcrum, load and effort in a first-class lever.
- 29th November 2018Give one sport in which cardiovascular endurance is especially important, and explain why.
- 30th November 2018A performer has a maximum heart rate of 190 bpm. Calculate the upper boundary of their aerobic training zone (80% of maximum heart rate).