Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
August 2019 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 2019
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2019State one long-term adaptation of the skeletal system to weight-bearing exercise.
- 2nd August 2019Explain why a sprinter still needs some fat in their diet, even though fat is used mainly during low-intensity exercise.
- 3rd August 2019Why might a sports drink containing carbohydrate and electrolytes be useful during a long training session, rather than water alone?
- 4th August 2019Name the muscle pair that acts as agonist and antagonist at the ankle.
- 5th August 2019Explain how compression helps a soft-tissue injury.
- 6th August 2019State one possible benefit of cooling down for a performer's recovery.
- 7th August 2019What is meant by 'socio-economic group' in the context of sport participation?
- 8th August 2019Give one piece of technology used to support officials in tennis, and state what it checks.
- 9th August 2019Name the four stages of the information processing model, in order.
- 10th August 2019Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 11th August 2019A performer has a stroke volume of 80 ml and a heart rate of 150 beats per minute. Calculate their cardiac output in ml/min.
- 12th August 2019State one way blood helps to regulate body temperature during exercise.
- 13th August 2019Does water provide the body with energy? Explain your answer.
- 14th August 2019Which class of lever is most common in the human body?
- 15th August 2019State the joint type of the shoulder, and give one joint action possible there during a tennis serve.
- 16th August 2019Give a sporting example where reaction time is essential, and explain why.
- 17th August 2019What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
- 18th August 2019Name one report that led to major changes in UK football stadium safety and crowd control.
- 19th August 2019Which category of PED would most benefit a precision sport such as archery, and why?
- 20th August 2019Explain why a rugby forward preparing to scrummage might benefit from a higher level of arousal than a golfer about to putt.
- 21st August 2019Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 22nd August 2019Is expiration at rest an active or a passive process?
- 23rd August 2019Classify a marathon as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
- 24th August 2019What is basal metabolic rate?
- 25th August 2019A second-class lever has an effort arm of 30 centimetres and a load arm of 10 centimetres. Calculate its mechanical advantage.
- 26th August 2019Define muscular endurance.
- 27th August 2019What does the F in FITT stand for?
- 28th August 2019State one limitation of the sit and reach test's validity for a games player.
- 29th August 2019Name the three components of the golden triangle.
- 30th August 2019Give one example of a fine skill in sport.
- 31st August 2019A cricketer smashes his bat against the boundary boards after being given out. Is this direct or indirect aggression?