Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
March 2020 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 2020
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2020Explain why a vague goal such as 'try harder in matches' is not SMART.
- 2nd March 2020Classify a coach's applause and verbal praise as tangible or intangible extrinsic motivation.
- 3rd March 2020Give the type of synovial joint found at the elbow and state ONE movement it allows.
- 4th March 2020State one long-term adaptation of the respiratory system to endurance training.
- 5th March 2020Give one example of a complex carbohydrate food source.
- 6th March 2020Name the three stages of a hydration strategy around exercise.
- 7th March 2020During elbow extension, which muscle is the antagonist?
- 8th March 2020Why should an injured limb be elevated above the level of the heart?
- 9th March 2020Explain why a cool-down begins with light continuous exercise rather than going straight into stretching.
- 10th March 2020Give one example of how a local authority could reduce the cost barrier to participation.
- 11th March 2020Give one example of deliberate rule-breaking by a performer that goes beyond gamesmanship.
- 12th March 2020Give one drawback of manual guidance if it is used for too long.
- 13th March 2020Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 14th March 2020State the formula for cardiac output.
- 15th March 2020Give one reason blood volume or red blood cell count might increase after a period of altitude training.
- 16th March 2020State two functions of water in the body.
- 17th March 2020Which class of lever has the fulcrum positioned between the load and the effort?
- 18th March 2020Explain what 'agonist' means in the context of a movement analysis question, using an example from a sprint start.
- 19th March 2020State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
- 20th March 2020Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
- 21st March 2020Define 'sportsmanship'.
- 22nd March 2020Name the category of drug used to mask pain, allowing a performer to compete or train through an injury.
- 23rd March 2020Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.
- 24th March 2020Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 25th March 2020State the gas that moves out of the blood and into the alveoli to be exhaled.
- 26th March 2020State one physical sign that a performer is exercising anaerobically.
- 27th March 2020What happens to a person's body weight if energy intake regularly exceeds energy expenditure?
- 28th March 2020Explain one advantage of a lever system with a mechanical advantage above 1.
- 29th March 2020A performer's Cooper run distance is 2680 metres. Using VO2 max = (distance - 504.9) / 44.73, calculate their estimated VO2 max to one decimal place.
- 30th March 2020Explain why a swimming coach would apply the principle of specificity when designing a training programme for a 200m breaststroke swimmer.
- 31st March 2020Explain why motivation can affect the reliability of the multi-stage fitness test.