Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

April 2021 5-a-day

Every sheet in April 2021

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st April 2021Explain why balance is important for a gymnast performing a handstand.
  2. 2nd April 2021Give the difference between a traumatic fracture and a stress fracture.
  3. 3rd April 2021Define 'sportsmanship'.
  4. 4th April 2021Name the category of drug used to mask pain, allowing a performer to compete or train through an injury.
  5. 5th April 2021Define arousal in a sporting context.
  6. 6th April 2021Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  7. 7th April 2021Name the site where gaseous exchange takes place in the lungs.
  8. 8th April 2021Classify a 100m sprint as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  9. 9th April 2021What happens to a person's body weight if energy intake regularly exceeds energy expenditure?
  10. 10th April 2021Explain one advantage of a lever system with a mechanical advantage above 1.
  11. 11th April 2021Give one sport in which cardiovascular endurance is especially important, and explain why.
  12. 12th April 2021A performer has a maximum heart rate of 190 bpm. Calculate the upper boundary of their aerobic training zone (80% of maximum heart rate).
  13. 13th April 2021What is normative data used for?
  14. 14th April 2021Explain why sponsors are attracted to sports with high media coverage.
  15. 15th April 2021Define a closed skill.
  16. 16th April 2021A fly-half makes a strong, fair, full-blooded tackle that is completely within the rules and has no intent to injure. Is this aggression or assertion?
  17. 17th April 2021Name the bone that protects the brain.
  18. 18th April 2021State the fuel used by the ATP-PC system.
  19. 19th April 2021Which of the three wellbeing dimensions - physical, emotional or social - is most directly improved by joining a new sports club? Justify your choice.
  20. 20th April 2021For what type of event is carbohydrate loading most appropriate?
  21. 21st April 2021Which plane divides the body into left and right halves?
  22. 22nd April 2021Give one reason a PEP should include an appropriate warm-up in every session.
  23. 23rd April 2021Which training method uses a series of different exercise stations?
  24. 24th April 2021State one effect of playing sport in very hot weather.
  25. 25th April 2021Give one reason women's sport has historically received less media coverage than men's sport in the UK.
  26. 26th April 2021Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
  27. 27th April 2021Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
  28. 28th April 2021State roughly how long the fast component of EPOC takes to complete.
  29. 29th April 2021What term describes the redistribution of blood flow towards working muscles during exercise?
  30. 30th April 2021Explain why a sedentary lifestyle increases the risk of obesity.