§-Physical Education Q&A
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Physical Education Q&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every WA Physical Education syllabus dot point. Each question and answer is drawn directly from our worked dot-point page, so you can scan key concepts before opening the long-form answer.
Unit 3: Factors Affecting Performance
Explain the aerobic energy system, including its fuels, rate and yield of energy, by-products and predominant use in sport
Explain the anaerobic glycolytic energy system, including its fuel, rate and yield of energy, by-products and predominant use in sport
Explain the ATP-PC energy system, including its fuel, rate and yield of energy, by-products and predominant use in sport
Apply Newton's laws of motion and the principles of force, momentum, stability and projectile motion to analyse sporting performance
Explain the role of carbohydrate, fat, protein, fluids and the timing of intake in fuelling performance and recovery
Explain the interplay of the three energy systems during activity and how intensity and duration determine the predominant system
Explain the three energy systems, their interplay during activity, and how training principles produce physiological adaptations
Explain the causes of fatigue in different intensities and durations of exercise and relate them to the energy systems
Explain the types of feedback and their functions and apply appropriate feedback to learners at different stages
Identify the health and skill related components of fitness and explain how fitness tests are used to assess them validly and reliably
Explain the fluid mechanics principles of drag, lift and the Magnus effect and apply them to performance in air and water
Explain the principle of force summation and apply the correct sequencing and timing of body parts to maximise force in sporting actions
Explain how the skeletal and muscular systems interact through joints, lever systems and muscle contraction to produce movement
Classify first, second and third class levers in the body and explain their mechanical advantage and effect on force and speed
Identify the major muscles and the joint actions they produce, and explain the roles of agonist, antagonist, synergist and fixator
Define momentum and impulse and apply the impulse momentum relationship to generate force and to absorb force safely in sport
Explain the stages of learning, types of practice and feedback, and how coaches structure skill acquisition
Describe the structure of the motor neuron and skeletal muscle fibre, and explain the role of each component in stimulating a contraction
Describe the structural and functional characteristics of slow twitch and fast twitch muscle fibres and relate fibre type to performance
Apply Newton's first, second and third laws of motion to analyse and explain sporting movements
Explain oxygen uptake during exercise, including oxygen deficit, steady state and excess post-exercise oxygen consumption, and their link to recovery
Explain the types of practice including whole and part, massed and distributed, and fixed and varied, and apply them to skill learning
Explain the principles of training and apply them to the design of an effective training program
Explain how angle, speed and height of release determine the flight path of a projectile and apply this to sporting actions
Classify skills using the open and closed, gross and fine, discrete continuous and serial, and self and externally paced continua
Explain the process of the sliding filament theory, including the role of calcium, actin, myosin and ATP in producing a muscle contraction
Explain the factors affecting stability and balance and apply them to situations requiring stability or rapid loss of balance
Explain the cognitive, associative and autonomous stages of learning and how practice and feedback are matched to each stage
Describe the major training methods and explain the chronic physiological adaptations they produce in the body
Explain the types of transfer of learning and how practice can be structured to promote positive transfer and limit negative transfer
Describe concentric, eccentric, isometric and isokinetic contractions and identify examples of each in sporting movements
Unit 4: Enhancing Performance and Maintaining Participation
Explain periodisation, advanced training methods, overtraining and recovery strategies used to peak performance
Explain information processing, reaction time and attention, and how decision making is refined under competitive pressure
Explain the sociocultural factors that influence participation and the strategies used to maintain lifelong involvement
Explain arousal and anxiety theories and the psychological skills used to optimise performance