Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education
March 2024 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2024Give one reason increased capillarisation around the muscles benefits an endurance performer.
- 2nd March 2024Which macronutrient typically makes up the largest proportion of a balanced diet?
- 3rd March 2024Give one reason hydration is especially important during exercise in hot weather.
- 4th March 2024Define antagonist.
- 5th March 2024What does each letter of RICE stand for?
- 6th March 2024Name the three phases of a warm-up in order.
- 7th March 2024Explain why cost can be a barrier to participation for people in a lower socio-economic group.
- 8th March 2024Explain what is meant by 'fair play' beyond simply following the written rules.
- 9th March 2024Explain the difference between knowledge of results and knowledge of performance.
- 10th March 2024Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
- 11th March 2024Name the structure that separates the left and right sides of the heart.
- 12th March 2024Which blood cells contain haemoglobin and carry oxygen around the body?
- 13th March 2024Explain why a lack of iron could reduce a performer's aerobic performance.
- 14th March 2024Name the three components of every lever system.
- 15th March 2024During the upward phase of a vertical jump, the knee extends. Name the agonist muscle producing this action.
- 16th March 2024Name the test used to measure power.
- 17th March 2024A tennis player pulls up sharply while sprinting for a wide shot, feeling a sudden sharp pain in the back of their thigh. Which injury is most likely, and what tissue is damaged?
- 18th March 2024What is meant by 'hooliganism' in a sporting context?
- 19th March 2024Explain how EPO (erythropoietin) improves endurance performance.
- 20th March 2024A darts player needs very fine, precise control for each throw. State whether their optimal arousal level is likely to be relatively low or relatively high, and give a reason.
- 21st March 2024Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
- 22nd March 2024State the direction oxygen moves during gaseous exchange at the alveoli.
- 23rd March 2024Name one team sport in which players use both aerobic and anaerobic exercise during a single match.
- 24th March 2024A 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?
- 25th March 2024Give a named body example of a first-class lever.
- 26th March 2024Name the test used to measure flexibility.
- 27th March 2024Why might a training programme that never changes exercises or intensity risk breaking two principles of training at once?
- 28th March 2024Give one reason a coach might carry out fitness testing at the start of a season.
- 29th March 2024Define 'commercialisation' in the context of sport.
- 30th March 2024Explain the difference between a gross skill and a fine skill.
- 31st March 2024Name the theory that explains aggression as a result of a build-up of frustration when a goal is blocked.