Edexcel GCSE Physical Education Active Recall Guide (1PE0)
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Edexcel GCSE Physical Education Active Recall Guide
Every topic of specification 1PE0 written as exam-style questions with the answers printed after them. 678 questions across 7 topics and 42 subtopics, covering both written components in full.
- Edexcel
- GCSE
- Specification 1PE0
- 678 questions
Guide overview All 7 topics Sample questions Papers and weighting Look inside Questions and answers
What the exam asks of you
Edexcel GCSE Physical Education is two written components and a practical. Component 1, Fitness and Body Systems, is 1 hour 30 minutes, 80 marks, 36 per cent. Component 2, Health and Performance, is 1 hour 15 minutes, 60 marks, 24 per cent. The practical performance is 30 per cent and the Personal Exercise Programme 10 per cent.
The written components are 60 per cent of the qualification and test anatomy, physiology, training, psychology and sociology that playing a sport does not teach.
| Paper | Covers |
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Component 1 Fitness and Body Systems |
APPLIED ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY MOVEMENT ANALYSIS PHYSICAL TRAINING USE OF DATA |
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Component 2 Health and Performance |
HEALTH, FITNESS AND WELLBEING SPORT PSYCHOLOGY SOCIO-CULTURAL INFLUENCES USE OF DATA |
What is in the guide
All 7 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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Functions and classification of bones
Which two minerals does the skeleton store?
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The skeleton stores calcium and phosphorus. -
First, second and third class levers
How does the elbow act as a first class lever?
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The elbow is a first class lever when it extends, as in the release of a javelin. The triceps pulls behind the joint and the load is in the hand beyond it. -
Health, fitness, exercise and performance
How does regular exercise affect health and fitness?
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Regular exercise improves fitness by developing the components of fitness. Exercise also improves health by lowering the risk of illnesses such as heart disease. -
Collecting and presenting data
What are the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative data?
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Qualitative data gives detail and reasons, such as why a performer lost confidence. Qualitative data is subjective and harder to compare or show on graphs. -
Physical, emotional and social health and wellbeing
How does regular activity help a person control their body fat?
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Physical activity uses energy, which stops excess fat building up. A lower body fat percentage reduces the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes. -
Classification of skills
Why is a basketball free throw classed as a closed skill?
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A free throw is taken from the same spot with no opponent interfering. The shooter decides when to start and repeats the same action. -
Participation rates and personal factors
How can activities be adapted to keep older people active?
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Low-impact activities such as walking football, swimming and yoga suit older people. Sessions at quieter times and a slower pace also help.
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.
- Applied Anatomy and Physiology179
- Movement Analysis47
- Physical Training170
- Use of Data33
- Health, Fitness and Wellbeing96
- Sport Psychology91
- Socio-Cultural Influences62
- What is a lever?
- Name the three parts of a lever.
- In the body's lever systems, what acts as the fulcrum, the effort and the load?
- How is a first class lever arranged?
- Give a sporting example of a first class lever at the neck.
- How does the elbow act as a first class lever?
- How is a second class lever arranged?
- Give a sporting example of a second class lever.
- How is a third class lever arranged?
- A lever is a rigid bar that turns about a fixed point. The bones act as the levers in the body.
- A lever has a fulcrum, an effort and a load.
- The joint is the fulcrum and the muscle provides the effort. The load is the weight of the body part and anything it is moving.
- A first class lever has the fulcrum between the effort and the load.
- A first class lever operates at the neck as a footballer tilts the head back before heading the ball. The top of the spine is the fulcrum, with the neck muscles behind it and the head in front.
- The elbow is a first class lever when it extends, as in the release of a javelin. The triceps pulls behind the joint and the load is in the hand beyond it.
- A second class lever has the load between the fulcrum and the effort.
- The ankle acts as a second class lever when a sprinter pushes off from the blocks. The ball of the foot is the fulcrum, the body's weight is the load and the gastrocnemius gives the effort.
- A third class lever has the effort between the fulcrum and the load.
questions
Scroll sideways to turn through the pages.
Questions students ask first
Which topics are on which component?
Component 1 is applied anatomy and physiology, movement analysis, physical training and use of data. Component 2 is health, fitness and wellbeing, sport psychology, socio-cultural influences and use of data again. The full breakdown is here.
Is the practical covered?
No. Your performance in three activities and your Personal Exercise Programme are marked by your school and moderated by Pearson. They are 40 per cent between them.
What is in the guide is the theory examined on the two written components, which is 60 per cent.
Do I need to name muscles and bones?
Yes, specifically. The skeleton, the major muscles, the joint types and the movements they allow are all asked by name, along with the antagonistic pairs and the planes and axes.
How much maths is there?
A use of data section on both components: means, percentages, reading graphs and tables, and drawing a conclusion from a data set. It is arithmetic rather than anything harder.
Edexcel GCSE Physical Education Active Recall Guide
Every question paired with its answer, grouped by topic and subtopic, ready to work in three passes.