Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

October 2023 5-a-day

Every sheet in October 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 October 2023State the formula for cardiac output.
  2. 2nd October 2023Give one reason blood volume or red blood cell count might increase after a period of altitude training.
  3. 3rd October 2023Does water provide the body with energy? Explain your answer.
  4. 4th October 2023Which class of lever is most common in the human body?
  5. 5th October 2023State the joint type of the shoulder, and give one joint action possible there during a tennis serve.
  6. 6th October 2023State the equipment needed for the Illinois agility run.
  7. 7th October 2023Explain why distance runners are more at risk of stress fractures than sprinters.
  8. 8th October 2023Name one report that led to major changes in UK football stadium safety and crowd control.
  9. 9th October 2023Which category of PED would most benefit a precision sport such as archery, and why?
  10. 10th October 2023Give one physical sign that a performer may be under-aroused before a competition.
  11. 11th October 2023Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  12. 12th October 2023State the gas that moves out of the blood and into the alveoli to be exhaled.
  13. 13th October 2023State one physical sign that a performer is exercising anaerobically.
  14. 14th October 2023What is basal metabolic rate?
  15. 15th October 2023A second-class lever has an effort arm of 30 centimetres and a load arm of 10 centimetres. Calculate its mechanical advantage.
  16. 16th October 2023A performer's Cooper run distance is 2680 metres. Using VO2 max = (distance - 504.9) / 44.73, calculate their estimated VO2 max to one decimal place.
  17. 17th October 2023Explain why a swimming coach would apply the principle of specificity when designing a training programme for a 200m breaststroke swimmer.
  18. 18th October 2023Explain why motivation can affect the reliability of the multi-stage fitness test.
  19. 19th October 2023Name the three components of the golden triangle.
  20. 20th October 2023Classify a trampolining routine on the self-paced/externally paced continuum, and give one reason.
  21. 21st October 2023Give one strategy a coach could use to reduce a team's use of indirect aggression during matches.
  22. 22nd October 2023Name the bone found in the lower leg, on the outside (lateral side) of the tibia.
  23. 23rd October 2023Give one sporting example best suited to the aerobic energy system.
  24. 24th October 2023Give one social benefit of taking part in physical activity.
  25. 25th October 2023Describe what carbohydrate loading involves.
  26. 26th October 2023Which plane divides the body into upper and lower halves?
  27. 27th October 2023What does SMART stand for when setting a training target?
  28. 28th October 2023Give one health risk associated with using illegal performance-enhancing drugs instead of appropriate training methods to build strength.
  29. 29th October 2023Give one example of how correct technique can reduce the risk of injury when landing from a jump.
  30. 30th October 2023State one negative effect increased media coverage can have on a performer.
  31. 31st October 2023Give one example of a task-irrelevant cue that could distract a performer during a match.