Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

March 2023 5-a-day

Every sheet in March 2023

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

  1. 1st March 2023Explain why a lack of iron could reduce a performer's aerobic performance.
  2. 2nd March 2023Name the three components of every lever system.
  3. 3rd March 2023During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the knee extends. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
  4. 4th March 2023Give a sporting example where reaction time is essential, and explain why.
  5. 5th March 2023What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
  6. 6th March 2023What is meant by 'hooliganism' in a sporting context?
  7. 7th March 2023Explain how EPO (erythropoietin) improves endurance performance.
  8. 8th March 2023Explain why a rugby forward preparing to scrummage might benefit from a higher level of arousal than a golfer about to putt.
  9. 9th March 2023Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  10. 10th March 2023Is expiration at rest an active or a passive process?
  11. 11th March 2023Classify a marathon as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  12. 12th March 2023A 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?
  13. 13th March 2023Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
  14. 14th March 2023Define muscular endurance.
  15. 15th March 2023What does the F in FITT stand for?
  16. 16th March 2023State one limitation of the sit and reach test's validity for a games player.
  17. 17th March 2023Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
  18. 18th March 2023Give one example of a fine skill in sport.
  19. 19th March 2023A cricketer smashes his bat against the boundary boards after being given out. Is this direct or indirect aggression?
  20. 20th March 2023State the muscle mainly responsible for flexion at the hip.
  21. 21st March 2023Write the word equation for aerobic respiration.
  22. 22nd March 2023Define fitness.
  23. 23rd March 2023What is dietary manipulation?
  24. 24th March 2023Explain why a star jump occurs in the frontal plane.
  25. 25th March 2023State the first stage in designing a PEP.
  26. 26th March 2023A coach sets an interval session of 20 seconds of work and 40 seconds of rest. Calculate the work:rest ratio in its simplest form.
  27. 27th March 2023Explain why cold weather increases the risk of muscle strains.
  28. 28th March 2023How has social media changed the relationship between spectators and performers?
  29. 29th March 2023Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.
  30. 30th March 2023Give one example of a sport that would typically suit an extrovert's preference for stimulation and social contact.
  31. 31st March 2023What does the abbreviation EPOC stand for?