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.
- 1st December 2021Why does synovial fluid become thinner (less viscous) during a warm-up?
- 2nd December 2021Define a sedentary lifestyle.
- 3rd December 2021Name the three somatotypes.
- 4th December 2021Name the joint type of the shoulder, and state what movement it allows.
- 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.
- 6th December 2021Give one type of training that is emphasised during the pre-season, and explain why.
- 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.
- 8th December 2021Give one benefit of sponsorship to an individual performer.
- 9th December 2021Explain why a vague goal such as 'try harder in matches' is not SMART.
- 10th December 2021Classify a coach's applause and verbal praise as tangible or intangible extrinsic motivation.
- 11th December 2021Name the fluid that lubricates a synovial joint and reduces friction.
- 12th December 2021State one long-term adaptation of the skeletal system to weight-bearing exercise.
- 13th December 2021Explain why a sprinter still needs some fat in their diet, even though fat is used mainly during low-intensity exercise.
- 14th December 2021Explain why a performer should not wait until they feel thirsty before drinking fluid during exercise.
- 15th December 2021Define agonist.
- 16th December 2021Explain how compression helps a soft-tissue injury.
- 17th December 2021State one possible benefit of cooling down for a performer's recovery.
- 18th December 2021Give one physical reason why participation in contact sport often falls as people get older.
- 19th December 2021State one drawback of using video technology to support officiating decisions.
- 20th December 2021A gymnast is told 'well done, that landing was perfectly balanced.' Classify this feedback by source and by tone.
- 21st December 2021Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 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.
- 23rd December 2021State one way blood helps to regulate body temperature during exercise.
- 24th December 2021What is a micronutrient?
- 25th December 2021Name the three planes of movement used in movement analysis.
- 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?
- 27th December 2021Give a sporting example where reaction time is essential, and explain why.
- 28th December 2021What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
- 29th December 2021Define 'gamesmanship'.
- 30th December 2021Give one argument against the use of PEDs that is not directly about health.
- 31st December 2021Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.