GCSE Physical Education Practice Book 1

Musculoskeletal System: Bones, Joints and Muscles, Synovial Joints: Ligaments, Tendons and Cartilage, Cardiovascular System: The Heart and Blood Vessels and 4 more

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Pages: 85 A4 pages (limit 90)
Chapters: 7 worksheet chapters
Questions: 148, 364 marks
Answers: Full mark schemes from page 58
Level: GCSE
For: Years 10-11, AQA (theory)

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Every chapter opens with a divider page giving its marks and suggested timing, then runs its question pages. The mark schemes for all 7 chapters are grouped at the back, so the book works as homework, as a timed test, or as revision.

01Musculoskeletal System: Bones, Joints and Muscles22 questions · 55 marks · about 50 minp3
02Synovial Joints: Ligaments, Tendons and Cartilage20 questions · 50 marks · about 50 minp11
03Cardiovascular System: The Heart and Blood Vessels21 questions · 53 marks · about 50 minp18
04Cardio-Respiratory System: Breathing and Gaseous Exchange22 questions · 51 marks · about 50 minp27
05Energy Systems: ATP-PC, Lactic Acid and Aerobic22 questions · 51 marks · about 50 minp34
06Short-Term Effects of Exercise on the Body Systems21 questions · 54 marks · about 50 minp42
07Long-Term Effects of Exercise: Training Adaptations20 questions · 50 marks · about 50 minp50
▸AnswersMark schemes for every chapterp58

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The series runs to 7 volumes, in curriculum order. They are all free.

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