AQA GCSE PE-Questions with Correct Answers|Verified
Ability - ✔✔Inherited, stable traits that determine an individual's potential to learn or
acquire a skill.
Adaptability - ✔✔The potential to change with ease
Adrenaline - ✔✔Natural hormone released to speed heart rate up.
Aerobic - ✔✔'With oxygen'. When exercise is not too fast and is steady, the heart can supply
all the oxygen that the working muscles need. Glucose + oxygen > energy + carbon dioxide +
water
Aerobic training zone - ✔✔1. Calculate maximum heart rate (220bpm) minus age. 2. Work
at 60 to 80% of maximum heart rate.
Aggression - ✔✔A deliberate intent to harm or injure another person, which can be physical
or mental.
Agility - ✔✔The ability to move and change direction at speed whilst maintaining control.
Agonist (prime mover) - ✔✔Muscle or group responsible for the movement.
Altitude - ✔✔A geographical area (of land) which is over 2000m above sea level.
Altitude sickness - ✔✔Nausea caused by training at altitude.
Alveoli - ✔✔Air sacs in the lungs
Amateur - ✔✔Someone who takes part in an activity as a hobby, has another main job
outside of sport, takes part for fun and could be at a lower level.
, Anabolic steroids - ✔✔Artificially produced male hormones mimicking testosterone. They
promote muscle and bone growth, and reduce recovery time. often used by power athletes
like sprinters.
Anaerobic - ✔✔'Without oxygen'. When exercise duration is short and at high intensity, the
heart and lungs cannot supply blood and oxygen to muscles as fast as the respiring cells
need them. Glucose > energy + lactic acid
Antagonist - ✔✔Acts to produce the opposite action to the agonist. They work in
antagonistic pairs.
Arousal - ✔✔A physical and mental (physiological and psychological) state of
alertness/readiness, varying from deep sleep to intense excitement/alertness.
Articulating bones - ✔✔Where two or more bones meet to allow movement at a joint
Axis - ✔✔Imaginary line through the body around which it rotates. (Longitudinal/vertical;
head to toe, transverse: through hips, sagittal: through belly button)
Backflow - ✔✔The flowing backwards of blood. Valves in the veins prevent this from
happening.
Balance - ✔✔The maintenance of the centre of mass over the base of support.. Can refer to
being still (static) or while moving (dynamic).
Balanced diet - ✔✔Eating the right amount of foods and the right amount of calories,
according to how much you exercise.
Beta blockers - ✔✔Drugs that are used to steady nerves by controlling heart rate. They have
a calming and relaxing effect.
Ability - ✔✔Inherited, stable traits that determine an individual's potential to learn or
acquire a skill.
Adaptability - ✔✔The potential to change with ease
Adrenaline - ✔✔Natural hormone released to speed heart rate up.
Aerobic - ✔✔'With oxygen'. When exercise is not too fast and is steady, the heart can supply
all the oxygen that the working muscles need. Glucose + oxygen > energy + carbon dioxide +
water
Aerobic training zone - ✔✔1. Calculate maximum heart rate (220bpm) minus age. 2. Work
at 60 to 80% of maximum heart rate.
Aggression - ✔✔A deliberate intent to harm or injure another person, which can be physical
or mental.
Agility - ✔✔The ability to move and change direction at speed whilst maintaining control.
Agonist (prime mover) - ✔✔Muscle or group responsible for the movement.
Altitude - ✔✔A geographical area (of land) which is over 2000m above sea level.
Altitude sickness - ✔✔Nausea caused by training at altitude.
Alveoli - ✔✔Air sacs in the lungs
Amateur - ✔✔Someone who takes part in an activity as a hobby, has another main job
outside of sport, takes part for fun and could be at a lower level.
, Anabolic steroids - ✔✔Artificially produced male hormones mimicking testosterone. They
promote muscle and bone growth, and reduce recovery time. often used by power athletes
like sprinters.
Anaerobic - ✔✔'Without oxygen'. When exercise duration is short and at high intensity, the
heart and lungs cannot supply blood and oxygen to muscles as fast as the respiring cells
need them. Glucose > energy + lactic acid
Antagonist - ✔✔Acts to produce the opposite action to the agonist. They work in
antagonistic pairs.
Arousal - ✔✔A physical and mental (physiological and psychological) state of
alertness/readiness, varying from deep sleep to intense excitement/alertness.
Articulating bones - ✔✔Where two or more bones meet to allow movement at a joint
Axis - ✔✔Imaginary line through the body around which it rotates. (Longitudinal/vertical;
head to toe, transverse: through hips, sagittal: through belly button)
Backflow - ✔✔The flowing backwards of blood. Valves in the veins prevent this from
happening.
Balance - ✔✔The maintenance of the centre of mass over the base of support.. Can refer to
being still (static) or while moving (dynamic).
Balanced diet - ✔✔Eating the right amount of foods and the right amount of calories,
according to how much you exercise.
Beta blockers - ✔✔Drugs that are used to steady nerves by controlling heart rate. They have
a calming and relaxing effect.
