Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
October 2020 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 2020
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2020True or false: participation gaps between men and women in the UK have stayed exactly the same for the last twenty years. Justify your answer.
- 2nd October 2020Give one benefit of sponsorship to a sport's governing body.
- 3rd October 2020A javelin thrower currently throws 32m and wants to improve. State one reason a target of 45m in two weeks would fail the Achievable part of SMART.
- 4th October 2020Explain one risk of relying too heavily on tangible extrinsic rewards to motivate a young performer.
- 5th October 2020Name the fluid that lubricates a synovial joint and reduces friction.
- 6th October 2020State one long-term adaptation of the skeletal system to weight-bearing exercise.
- 7th October 2020Explain why a sprinter still needs some fat in their diet, even though fat is used mainly during low-intensity exercise.
- 8th October 2020What is dehydration?
- 9th October 2020Name the agonist during elbow flexion.
- 10th October 2020Explain how compression helps a soft-tissue injury.
- 11th October 2020State one possible benefit of cooling down for a performer's recovery.
- 12th October 2020State one barrier disabled people can face when trying to access sports facilities.
- 13th October 2020Which organisation is responsible for writing and enforcing the rules of a sport?
- 14th October 2020Why might an elite performer rely more on intrinsic feedback than a beginner does?
- 15th October 2020Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 16th October 2020A performer has a stroke volume of 80 ml and a heart rate of 150 beats per minute. Calculate their cardiac output in ml/min.
- 17th October 2020State one way blood helps to regulate body temperature during exercise.
- 18th October 2020What is fibre and why is it important in the diet?
- 19th October 2020Which axis is paired with the sagittal plane?
- 20th October 2020List, in order, the four things a complete movement analysis of a joint should state.
- 21st October 2020Give a sporting example where reaction time is essential, and explain why.
- 22nd October 2020What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
- 23rd October 2020Give one example of deviance in sport.
- 24th October 2020Explain why a diuretic might be misused by a performer in a weight-category sport such as boxing.
- 25th October 2020According to the inverted-U theory, what happens to performance once arousal rises past the optimal point?
- 26th October 2020Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 27th October 2020Is expiration at rest an active or a passive process?
- 28th October 2020Classify a marathon as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
- 29th October 2020What happens to a person's body weight if energy expenditure regularly exceeds energy intake?
- 30th October 2020Is the mechanical advantage of most third-class levers in the body above or below 1? Explain what this means.
- 31st October 2020Define muscular endurance.