End of Year 10 GCSE PE

What is one of the functions of the skeleton?

• Digestion

• Respiration

• Support

• Excretion

What is the movement called when there is an increase in the angle around a joint?

• Flexion

• Abduction

• Extension

• Adduction

What is the movement called when a body part moves away from the midline of the body?

• Adduction

• Abduction

• Flexion

• Extension

Which component of joints is described as a short band of tough and flexible tissue connecting bone to bone to stabilize the joint?

• Cartilage

• Tendon

• Ligament

• Muscle

Which component of joints acts as a shock absorber?

• Ligament

• Cartilage

• Tendon

• Muscle

Which of the following is an example of a 3rd class lever?

• Heading a ball in football

• Performing a bicep curl

• Standing on tip toes when reaching for a smash in badminton

• Bowling in cricket

What is the definition of aerobic exercise?

• Exercise which does not allow for the use of oxygen

• Use of oxygen for the duration of exercise

• Exercise which involves high intensity and short duration

• Exercise which involves low intensity and long duration

What is the definition of anaerobic exercise?

• Use of oxygen for the duration of exercise

• Exercise which does not allow for the use of oxygen

• Exercise which involves low intensity and long duration

• Exercise which involves moderate intensity and moderate duration

Which of the following is a short-term effect of exercise on the muscular system?

• Decrease in muscle temperature.

• Increase in muscle temperature.

• Decrease in metabolic activity.

• Decrease in the production of lactic acid.

Which of the following is a long-term effect of exercise on the muscular system?

• Increase in blood pressure

• Increase in muscular strength and size

• Decrease in stroke volume

• Decrease in capillary density