Physical Education key terms

The amount of energy a person needs from food each day to support their body's functions and activity.

Examining data to identify specific values, comparisons, patterns and relationships.

Making a supported judgement about what data means, how useful it is and what conclusions it allows.

Selecting an appropriate response using incoming information and information held in memory.

Deliberately taking slow, controlled breaths in and out to help relax the body and control arousal.

Excessive loss of body water that interrupts the normal functioning of the body.

The muscle covering the shoulder that helps raise the arm.

A reduction in the desire or willingness to continue working towards a goal.

Blood with a relatively low oxygen content, such as blood returning from the body to the heart.

The UK government department responsible for policy in areas including culture, media and sport.

A mental health condition involving persistent low mood or loss of interest that can affect everyday life.

The volume of air breathed in or out with each breath.

A match between local rival teams.

The loss of fitness adaptations when training is reduced or stopped.

Behaviour that goes against society’s accepted norms and values. In sport, it includes deliberate cheating, violence and other intentional breaches of rules or ethical standards.

A dome-shaped muscle beneath the lungs that contracts and flattens during inhalation and relaxes during exhalation.

The relaxation phase of a heart chamber, during which it fills with blood.

A scale classifying skills from simple to complex according to how difficult they are to perform.

The movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.

An aggressive act involving deliberate physical contact with another participant, such as a boxing punch.

Unfair treatment of a person because of a characteristic such as their gender, ethnicity, religion, age or disability.

An injury in which a bone is displaced from its normal position at a joint.

The surroundings and events that provide sensory information to a performer, such as a moving ball and the positions of other players.

Behaviour intended to demonstrate qualities associated with being masculine, such as toughness, sometimes through aggression to impress others.

Money available to spend after tax and essential living costs have been paid.

A drug that increases urine production, causing the body to lose water.

Delayed onset muscle soreness: muscle aching and stiffness that develop after exercise rather than during it, associated with microscopic muscle damage.