plumiRespiratory system: AQA A‑Level Physical Education questions
Every AQA A-Level Physical Education exam question on 3.1.1.3 Respiratory system, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 9 questions on Respiratory system, as a list
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q04.1 (1 mark): As a direct gas analysis VO2 max test progresses, minute ventilation would increase. Define ‘minute ventilation’. [1 mark]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q04.2 (3 marks): Explain why minute ventilation needs to increase as the intensity of exercise gets harder. [3 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q01 (1 mark): Which lung volume will be lower during exercise than at rest? [1 mark] A Inspiratory reserve volume B Minute ventilation C Residual volume D Tidal volume
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q07 (15 marks): Analyse how using a hyperbaric chamber would help rehabilitation from a muscle strain. Refer to the following in your answer: • gas exchange at the alveoli and
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q03 (3 marks): Describe how an increase in carbon dioxide in the blood during exercise would lead to an increased breathing rate. [3 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q03.1 (1 mark): Define the term ‘tidal volume’. [1 mark]
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q03.2 (3 marks): Explain how and why a period of continuous exercise would impact the lung volumes in Figure 1. [3 marks] Tidal volume Expiratory reserve volume Residual volume
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q03.2 (1 mark): State one long-term effect of smoking regularly on the structures of a runner’s respiratory system. [1 mark]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q03.3 (2 marks): Explain how smoking regularly would impact the performance of the runners in the marathon. [2 marks]
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