Edexcel A-Level Physical Education Active Recall Guide (9PE0)
Edexcel · A-Level
Edexcel A-Level Physical Education Active Recall Guide
Every topic of specification 9PE0 written as exam-style questions with the answers printed after them. 2,108 questions across 38 topics and 146 subtopics, covering both written components in full.
- Edexcel
- A-Level
- Specification 9PE0
- 2,108 questions
Guide overview All 38 topics Sample questions Papers and weighting Look inside Questions and answers
What the exam asks of you
Edexcel A-Level Physical Education is two written components and a practical. Component 1, Scientific principles of physical education, is 2 hours 30 minutes, 140 marks, 40 per cent. Component 2, Psychological and social principles, is 2 hours, 100 marks, 30 per cent. The practical performance and the written or verbal analysis of performance carry the remaining 30 per cent.
There is no optional content on the written components. All 38 topics are compulsory, which means the recall load is fixed and known from the start of Year 12.
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Component 1 Scientific principles of physical education |
THE MUSCULO-SKELETAL SYSTEM LEVERS, NEWTON'S LAWS AND STABILITY THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM THE NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM ADAPTATIONS TO TRAINING ENERGY SYSTEMS FATIGUE AND RECOVERY DIET, NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTS FITNESS TESTING COMPONENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING TRAINING METHODS AND PERIODISATION INJURY PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION LINEAR AND ANGULAR MOTION PROJECTILE MOTION AND FLUID MECHANICS |
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Component 2 Psychological and social principles of physical education |
COACHING AND SKILL CLASSIFICATION LEARNING THEORIES PRACTICE AND GUIDANCE FEEDBACK AND MOTOR CONTROL INFORMATION PROCESSING AND MEMORY PERSONALITY AND ATTITUDES AROUSAL AND ANXIETY AGGRESSION MOTIVATION SOCIAL FACILITATION GROUP DYNAMICS AND COHESION GOAL SETTING ATTRIBUTION THEORY CONFIDENCE AND SELF-EFFICACY LEADERSHIP THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN SPORT EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND MIGRATION IN SPORT THE GLOBALISATION OF SPORT THE COMMERCIALISATION OF SPORT ETHICS AND DEVIANCE IN SPORT SPORT AND THE MEDIA TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND ELITE DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATION AND THE HEALTH OF THE NATION |
What is in the guide
All 38 topics
Every topic has its own page with its subtopics, what it covers and sample questions.
Sample questions
Taken from the guide. Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Muscles, bones and movements of the upper body
What does the trapezius contribute to an overhead throw?
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The trapezius moves and steadies the scapula. A stable scapula gives the arm muscles a firm base to pull from. -
Lever systems in the body
How is a third-class lever arranged?
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A third-class lever has the effort between the fulcrum and the load. -
Structure of the airways and alveoli
What are the bronchi?
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The bronchi are the two branches of the trachea, one entering each lung. Cartilage supports the bronchi and keeps them open. -
Heart structure and the conduction system
Where are the semilunar valves, and what do they do?
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The semilunar valves guard the exits into the aorta and the pulmonary artery. The valves stop blood flowing back into the ventricles. -
Muscle fibre types and their characteristics
Why do fast glycolytic fibres fatigue so quickly?
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Fast glycolytic fibres rely on anaerobic ATP production, which uses up their phosphocreatine and glycogen quickly. Lactate and hydrogen ions accumulate and slow contraction. -
Heart and lung adaptations to training
What happens to maximum heart rate and maximum cardiac output with endurance training?
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Maximum heart rate stays the same, because it depends on age. Maximum cardiac output rises, because stroke volume at maximal effort is larger. -
Forms of energy and ATP
Where is electrical energy used in the body during exercise?
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Electrical energy carries nerve impulses from the brain to the muscles. Electrical impulses also spread through the heart's conduction system to trigger each beat. -
Fatigue from energy depletion and dehydration
Why does falling blood glucose affect a performer late in a long event?
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The brain relies on blood glucose for fuel. Low blood glucose causes central fatigue, poor decision-making and loss of coordination.
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
Look inside
Questions for a subtopic print together and the answers for that section print after them.
- The Musculo-Skeletal System68
- Levers, Newton's Laws and Stability59
- The Respiratory System58
- The Cardiovascular System66
- The Neuromuscular System59
- Adaptations to Training44
- Energy Systems62
- Fatigue and Recovery59
- Diet, Nutrition and Supplements63
- Fitness Testing59
- Components and Principles of Training57
- Training Methods and Periodisation66
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- Name the three components of a lever.
- What provides each component of a lever in the human body?
- How is a first-class lever arranged?
- How is a second-class lever arranged?
- How is a third-class lever arranged?
- What is the quickest way to identify the class of a lever?
- Which class of lever operates at the neck as a footballer tilts the head back to head the ball upwards?
- Which class of lever operates at the elbow as a tennis player extends the arm in a smash?
- Which class of lever operates at the ankle as a sprinter drives off the blocks?
- A lever has a fulcrum, an effort and a load, also called the resistance.
- The joint acts as the fulcrum and the bone acts as the lever arm. The muscle supplies the effort, and the load is the body part or object being moved.
- A first-class lever has the fulcrum between the effort and the load.
- A second-class lever has the load between the fulcrum and the effort.
- A third-class lever has the effort between the fulcrum and the load.
- The component in the middle decides the class. A fulcrum in the middle gives first class, a load gives second class and an effort gives third class.
- Neck extension is a first-class lever. The joint between the skull and the top vertebra is the fulcrum, between the neck muscles and the weight of the head.
- Elbow extension is a first-class lever. The triceps brachii pulls on the point of the ulna behind the elbow, with the racket and forearm on the other side.
- The ankle works as a second-class lever. The ball of the foot is the fulcrum, body weight is the load and the gastrocnemius pulls up on the heel.
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Questions students ask first
Which topics are on which component?
Component 1 is applied anatomy and physiology, exercise physiology, and biomechanics: the body systems, energy systems, diet, fitness testing, training, injury and the mechanics of motion. Component 2 is skill acquisition, sport psychology and sport and society. The full breakdown is here.
Is the practical covered?
No. Your performance in one activity and the analysis of performance are marked by your school and moderated by Pearson. They are 30 per cent between them.
What is in the guide is the theory examined on the two written components, which is 70 per cent.
How much of this is actually science?
A large part of it. Cardiac output and the conduction system, gas exchange and oxyhaemoglobin dissociation, muscle fibre types and proprioceptors, the three energy systems and their thresholds, and the mechanics of levers, motion and projectiles.
Is there maths?
Some. Cardiac output and stroke volume, body composition, heart rate zones, velocity and acceleration, moments about a fulcrum, and the interpretation of graphs and data tables.
Edexcel A-Level Physical Education Active Recall Guide
Every question paired with its answer, grouped by topic and subtopic, ready to work in three passes.