Edexcel GCSE Physical Education Paper 1 November 2020 question paper

Figure 1 is a diagram of the heart.

Which one of A, B, C or D in Figure 1 is a ventricle?

Figure 2 shows a footballer about to kick the ball.

Which one of the following lever systems is acting at the knee when kicking the ball?

Karar takes part in the Illinois agility run test and scores 15.1 seconds.

Table 1 shows ratings for the Illinois agility run test.

Which one of the following is the correct rating for Karar, given his score of 15.1 seconds?

Which one of the following fitness tests measures strength?

Which one of the following principles of training allows the body to adapt and get fitter without risking injury?

Which one of the following methods of training is being described?

‘Work at a number of stations designed to develop skill or a component of fitness’

Table 2 shows four students’ heart rate readings during exercise.

Each student is taking part in a different type of training.

Which one of the students in Table 2, A, B, C or D, is most likely to be doing sprint interval training?

Which one of the following fitness classes requires the use of weights?

Complete the following statements.

The bones of the skeleton protect the_........ .

For example, in a football match if two players clash heads when trying to head

the ball, the_........ protects the

_........ .

The_........ are responsible for clotting the blood.

The skeleton produces_........ blood cells to help fight infection.

Bones form joints to allow different ranges of movement.

Complete Table 3 by:

Stating a range of movement possible at each type of joint.

Stating an example of the type of joint in the body.

The wrist is made up of short bones.

Explain the importance of having short bones in the wrist for the diver in Figure 3.

We need energy to exercise.

Complete Table 4 by stating a different energy source for each type of exercise.

Explain which type of exercise gives lactic acid as a by-product.

Figure 4 shows the take-off in the long jump.

Explain why the lever system operating at the take-off foot in Figure 4 is classified as a second class lever system.

Explain why the second class lever system in Figure 4 operates at a mechanical advantage.

Movement in the body occurs in planes and around axes.

Complete Table 5 by:

Stating the plane and axis for the cartwheel.

Stating the plane and axis for the piked somersault.

Mohamed is a high jumper.

During the high jump the gastrocnemius and the tibialis anterior work antagonistically to allow movement at the ankle during take-off.

Explain the importance of this antagonistic muscle action to the high jumper.

Table 6

Analyse the data in Table 6 to:

Explain the most important component of fitness Mohamed should improve to increase his high jump performance.

Explain which one of the fitness tests in Table 6 is the least relevant to Mohamed’s high jump performance.

Mohamed plans a plyometric training programme.

Describe plyometric training.

Justify one reason why weight training would not be suitable to improve Mohamed’s high jump performance.

Carolyn is preparing to run a marathon.

Table 7 shows data collected during one of her training sessions.

Analyse the data in Table 7 to:

Predict the most likely trend for Carolyn’s time for mile 13.

Justify, using the data in Table 7, why Carolyn thinks she should work on her cardiovascular fitness.

Explain one training method that would be suitable for Carolyn to improve her cardiovascular fitness for marathon running.

Regular training increases the number of alveoli in the lungs.

(d) (i) Explain one reason why an increase in the number of alveoli would improve Carolyn’s marathon running performance.

As well as increasing the number of alveoli in the lungs, regular training causes other adaptations to the respiratory system.

(ii) State two other long-term training adaptations to Carolyn’s respiratory system.

Training adaptation 1

Training adaptation 2

Miss Convoy is a PE teacher. She runs an after school weight training class.

Figure 5 shows the weight training room.

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Figure 5

Before the first weight training class everyone completes a PARQ.

State one reason why everyone is asked to fill in a PARQ.

The weight training class starts with a warm‑up and ends with a cool down.

(b) (i) Explain why Miss Convoy makes sure that the class stretches as part of the warm‑up.

State one purpose of a cool down.

State two safety checks Miss Convoy should carry out each time before teaching the weight training class.

Safety check 1

Safety check 2

Some athletes risk being banned from their sport by taking performance‑enhancing drugs (PEDs).

Complete Table 8 by:

Stating a sport or physical activity where the effects of the PED would be an advantage.

Dexter plays basketball.

A basketball game is played at different intensities. Dexter’s body uses different muscle fibre types as the intensity of the play increases and decreases.

Figure 6 shows three different intensities of play in basketball.

Evaluate the importance of three different muscle fibre types during the different intensities of play in Figure 6.

Jack competes in the 110 m sprint hurdles. He has to run as fast as possible, jumping hurdles as he runs.

Figure 7 shows a 110 m sprint hurdles race.

Jack has high levels of power, strength and flexibility.

Evaluate three other components of fitness that will help Jack’s sprint hurdling performance.