Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

December 2021 5-a-day

Every sheet in December 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 December 2021Why does synovial fluid become thinner (less viscous) during a warm-up?
  2. 2nd December 2021Define a sedentary lifestyle.
  3. 3rd December 2021Name the three somatotypes.
  4. 4th December 2021Name the joint type of the shoulder, and state what movement it allows.
  5. 5th December 2021A performer's squat 1RM is 90kg. Their coach wants them training for maximal strength, at 85% of 1RM. Calculate the training weight, to the nearest kg.
  6. 6th December 2021Give one type of training that is emphasised during the pre-season, and explain why.
  7. 7th December 2021True or false: participation gaps between men and women in the UK have stayed exactly the same for the last twenty years. Justify your answer.
  8. 8th December 2021Give one benefit of sponsorship to an individual performer.
  9. 9th December 2021Explain why a vague goal such as 'try harder in matches' is not SMART.
  10. 10th December 2021Classify a coach's applause and verbal praise as tangible or intangible extrinsic motivation.
  11. 11th December 2021Name the fluid that lubricates a synovial joint and reduces friction.
  12. 12th December 2021State one long-term adaptation of the skeletal system to weight-bearing exercise.
  13. 13th December 2021Explain why a sprinter still needs some fat in their diet, even though fat is used mainly during low-intensity exercise.
  14. 14th December 2021Explain why a performer should not wait until they feel thirsty before drinking fluid during exercise.
  15. 15th December 2021Define agonist.
  16. 16th December 2021Explain how compression helps a soft-tissue injury.
  17. 17th December 2021State one possible benefit of cooling down for a performer's recovery.
  18. 18th December 2021Give one physical reason why participation in contact sport often falls as people get older.
  19. 19th December 2021State one drawback of using video technology to support officiating decisions.
  20. 20th December 2021A gymnast is told 'well done, that landing was perfectly balanced.' Classify this feedback by source and by tone.
  21. 21st December 2021Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  22. 22nd December 2021A performer has a stroke volume of 80 ml and a heart rate of 150 beats per minute. Calculate their cardiac output in ml/min.
  23. 23rd December 2021State one way blood helps to regulate body temperature during exercise.
  24. 24th December 2021What is a micronutrient?
  25. 25th December 2021Name the three planes of movement used in movement analysis.
  26. 26th December 2021Which model, the lever model or the planes and axes model, is more suited to analysing a rotational movement such as a hip turn in a golf swing, and why?
  27. 27th December 2021Give a sporting example where reaction time is essential, and explain why.
  28. 28th December 2021What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
  29. 29th December 2021Define 'gamesmanship'.
  30. 30th December 2021Give one argument against the use of PEDs that is not directly about health.
  31. 31st December 2021Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.