Daily Practice · GCSE Physical Education

May 2024 5-a-day

Every sheet in May 2024

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

  1. 1st May 2024Give one example of deliberate rule-breaking by a performer that goes beyond gamesmanship.
  2. 2nd May 2024Give one drawback of manual guidance if it is used for too long.
  3. 3rd May 2024Explain how breathing control can lower a performer's arousal.
  4. 4th May 2024A performer has a stroke volume of 80 ml and a heart rate of 150 beats per minute. Calculate their cardiac output in ml/min.
  5. 5th May 2024State one way blood helps to regulate body temperature during exercise.
  6. 6th May 2024State two functions of water in the body.
  7. 7th May 2024Which class of lever has the fulcrum positioned between the load and the effort?
  8. 8th May 2024Explain what 'agonist' means in the context of a movement analysis question, using an example from a sprint start.
  9. 9th May 2024Give a sporting example where reaction time is essential, and explain why.
  10. 10th May 2024What type of tissue is damaged in a strain?
  11. 11th May 2024Define 'sportsmanship'.
  12. 12th May 2024Name the category of drug used to mask pain, allowing a performer to compete or train through an injury.
  13. 13th May 2024According to the inverted-U theory, what happens to performance once arousal rises past the optimal point?
  14. 14th May 2024Give one reason a performer might use mental rehearsal while recovering from injury.
  15. 15th May 2024Is expiration at rest an active or a passive process?
  16. 16th May 2024Classify a marathon as aerobic or anaerobic exercise.
  17. 17th May 2024What happens to a person's body weight if energy intake regularly exceeds energy expenditure?
  18. 18th May 2024Explain one advantage of a lever system with a mechanical advantage above 1.
  19. 19th May 2024Define muscular endurance.
  20. 20th May 2024What does the F in FITT stand for?
  21. 21st May 2024State one limitation of the sit and reach test's validity for a games player.
  22. 22nd May 2024Explain why sponsors are attracted to sports with high media coverage.
  23. 23rd May 2024A footballer takes a penalty kick with no goalkeeper movement allowed until the ball is struck. State whether this is basic or complex, and justify your answer.
  24. 24th May 2024Define assertive behaviour in sport.
  25. 25th May 2024State the muscle mainly responsible for flexion at the hip.
  26. 26th May 2024Write the word equation for aerobic respiration.
  27. 27th May 2024Define fitness.
  28. 28th May 2024For what type of event is carbohydrate loading most appropriate?
  29. 29th May 2024Which plane divides the body into left and right halves?
  30. 30th May 2024State the first stage in designing a PEP.
  31. 31st May 2024A coach sets an interval session of 20 seconds of work and 40 seconds of rest. Calculate the work:rest ratio in its simplest form.