plumiAnaerobic and aerobic exercise: AQA GCSE Physical Education questions
Every AQA GCSE Physical Education exam question on 3.1.1.3 Anaerobic and aerobic exercise, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 11 questions on Anaerobic and aerobic exercise, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q20 (4 marks): Define delayed onset of muscular soreness (DOMS). Explain how massage can reduce the effect of DOMS. [4 marks] Definition Explanation
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q22 (4 marks): State whether the 100m race in athletics is an aerobic or anaerobic event. Justify your answer. [4 marks] State Justification
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q16.2 (4 marks): A cool down and stretching are two ways to recover from vigorous exercise. Explain two other ways to improve recovery from vigorous exercise. [4 marks] 1 2
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q10.3 (3 marks): Explain three factors that can affect Chris’s speed of recovery. [3 marks] Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q12 (4 marks): EPOC is excess post-exercise oxygen consumption. Explain how EPOC is caused. Give a sporting example when EPOC is likely to occur. [4 marks] Cause Example
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q14 (4 marks): Delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMS) can occur after vigorous exercise. Evaluate the use of ice baths to prevent DOMS. [4 marks]
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q17 (9 marks): Analyse how both aerobic and anaerobic exercise can be used in interval training to help improve performance in a team game. [9 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q08.1 (2 marks): Define anaerobic exercise. Use an example from athletics in your answer. [2 marks] Definition Example
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q08.2 (2 marks): Define aerobic exercise. Use an example from athletics in your answer. [2 marks] Definition Example
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q08.3 (2 marks): Identify the two waste products released from the body when Ibrahim is working aerobically. [2 marks] 1 2
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q13 (9 marks): Nell is a 16-year-old who represents her county at both football and netball. She is undertaking an intensive training programme so that she can perform to her
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