Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
February 2021 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 2021
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2021Which chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta?
- 2nd February 2021Name the liquid part of blood that transports blood cells, nutrients and waste.
- 3rd February 2021Explain why a lack of iron could reduce a performer's aerobic performance.
- 4th February 2021Name the three components of every lever system.
- 5th February 2021During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the knee extends. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
- 6th February 2021A performer runs the 30 metre sprint test in 4.2, 4.0 and 4.4 seconds across three trials. Calculate their mean time.
- 7th February 2021State two general measures a performer can take to reduce their risk of injury.
- 8th February 2021What is meant by 'hooliganism' in a sporting context?
- 9th February 2021Explain how EPO (erythropoietin) improves endurance performance.
- 10th February 2021Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.
- 11th February 2021Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 12th February 2021Give one structural feature of the alveoli that speeds up the rate of gaseous exchange.
- 13th February 2021Define anaerobic exercise.
- 14th February 2021A cyclist expends 2,800 kilocalories in a day and eats food providing 3,100 kilocalories. Is this a surplus or a deficit, and by how much?
- 15th February 2021Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
- 16th February 2021Explain why a swimmer would want a high score in the muscular endurance test.
- 17th February 2021Calculate the estimated maximum heart rate of a 40-year-old performer.
- 18th February 2021State one reason fitness testing might be used to select players for a squad.
- 19th February 2021Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
- 20th February 2021Classify a trampolining routine on the self-paced/externally paced continuum, and give one reason.
- 21st February 2021Give one strategy a coach could use to reduce a team's use of indirect aggression during matches.
- 22nd February 2021Name the muscle that forms an antagonistic pair with the tibialis anterior at the ankle.
- 23rd February 2021Name the by-product of the lactic acid (anaerobic glycolysis) energy system.
- 24th February 2021True or false: a person can be free of illness but still not be fully healthy. Justify your answer.
- 25th February 2021What is dietary manipulation?
- 26th February 2021Explain why a star jump occurs in the frontal plane.
- 27th February 2021Explain why a PEP for a badminton player should include agility training.
- 28th February 2021Explain why fartlek training suits a hockey midfielder better than continuous training alone.