gcse g 1

Question 1

Aerobic

Answer 1

Exercise with oxygen. Usually working for sustained or long periods of time

Question 2

Aesthetic appreciation

Answer 2

Pleasing to the eye, recognising beauty

Question 3

Agility

Answer 3

Ability to change direction at speed without losing control

Question 4

Alveoli

Answer 4

Air sacs Where gaseous exchange takes place

Question 5

Anabolic steroids

Answer 5

Drugs that allow you to recover more quickly from training therefore allowing you to train harder and for longer

Question 6

Anorexic

Answer 6

An eating disorder, an illness where people are obsessed with controlling their food intake

Question 7

Antagonist

Answer 7

Muscle which relaxes allowing movement to take place

Question 8

Aorta

Answer 8

Main artery leaving the heart

Question 9

Arterioles

Answer 9

Blood vessels that connect arteries to capillaries

Question 10

Atrophy

Answer 10

Muscles becoming smaller due to injury or lack of exercise

Question 11

Balance

Answer 11

The ability to retain the bodies centre of gravity over the base of support with reference to static or dynamic conditions of movement, shape and orientation

Question 12

Balanced competition

Answer 12

Ensuring that the competition is based on equal size or equal age, similar weight equal experience or same gender

Question 13

Balanced diet

Answer 13

A diet which contains an optimal ratio of different nutrients

Question 14

Basal metabolic rate

Answer 14

Level or speed or rate at which energy is used without exercise

Question 16

Beta-blockers

Answer 16

Drugs are used to slow down heart rate and have a calming, relaxing effect

Question 17

Blood doping

Answer 17

Removing blood then allowing time for your body to replace the blood and then injecting you own blood back in to give you more red blood cells, enabling better endurance performance

Question 18

Blood pressure

Answer 18

The force exerted by your blood on the walls of your blood vessels