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NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
NOVEMBER 2018
SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCE
EXAMINATION NUMBER
Time: 3 hours 300 marks
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SECTION A
QUESTION 1
Match a description in column B to the term in column A. Write only the letter of your
chosen description in the table below.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
1.1 biofeedback A A progressive reduction of training load in an
attempt to reduce the demands of training and to
optimise performance.
1.2 macrocycle B Caused by prolonged exposure to cold
temperatures.
1.3 Functional Movement C This occurs when the body produces or absorbs
Screening more heat than it can dissipate.
1.4 Shoulder Mobility Test D A thin, contractile protein filament.
1.5 myosin E A decreased capacity for work that slowly
develops when there is an imbalance between
stress and rest.
1.6 tapering F Stress management technique that uses
electronic instruments.
1.7 in-line lunge test G A force causing resistance in water or in the air.
1.8 hyperthermia H A thick, contractile protein filament.
1.9 overtraining I A grading system used to record movement
patterns.
1.10 drag J A long plan of training aimed at achieving a long-
term goal.
1.11 hypothermia K Test bilateral shoulder range of motion.
1.12 actin L Caused by prolonged exposure to cold
temperatures.
Answers:
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.10
1.11
1.12
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QUESTION 2
State which lever class is depicted in each of the pictures below. Write your answer in the
space provided below.
Picture A Picture B
[Source: <https://baseball+batter.> [Source: <https://1st+class+lever&source.>
Accessed 29/1/18] Accessed 29/118]
Picture C Picture D
[Source: <https://bicep+curl&oq=bicep+curl.> [Source: <https://calf+raises.>
Accessed 29/1/18] Accessed 29/1/18]
Answers:
Picture A: ______________________ (2)
Picture B: ______________________ (2)
Picture C: ______________________ (2)
Picture D: ______________________ (2)
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QUESTION 3
Outline AND shade in the Base of Support in each of the following pictures.
Picture A
[Source: <https://wwwdance&g>R Accessed 29/1/18]
(3)
Picture B
[Source: <https://kneel+on+hands> Accessed 29/1/18]
(2)
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QUESTION 4
Match one of the terms provided to the motion found in each picture. Write your answer in
the space provided below.
Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3
(ice skater spinning) [Source: (gymnast on high bar)
[<https://ice+skating+spin> <https://froome&oq=froome> [Source:<https://gymnastgiant+circle
Accessed 29/1/18] Accessed 29/1/18] +on+bar&gs> Accessed 29/1/18]
Terms:
A – angular motion
B – linear motion
C – general motion
Answers:
Picture 1: _______________ (2)
Picture 2: _______________ (2)
Picture 3: _______________ (2)
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QUESTION 5
Study the graph below and then answer the questions that follow.
A The energy continuum
B
C
[Source: <https://www.google.energy+systems>. Accessed 5/3/18]
5.1 State which curve best represents the:
(a) aerobic energy system ___________________ (2)
(b) ATP/PC energy system ___________________ (2)
(c) lactic acid system ___________________ (2)
5.2 State which energy system(s) require oxygen.
_____________________________ (2)
5.3 Name ONE by-product of the aerobic system.
(1)
5.4 What intensity does the ATP/PC system operate in?
_____________________________ (1)
5.5 What fuel sources do the aerobic systems use?
(2)
5.6 What effect does lactic acid have on performance?
(1)
5.7 Name one by-product of the ATP/PC system.
(1)
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5.8 Complete the following table of various sporting activities by selecting which of
the three energy systems is mostly used to provide energy for that activity. Tick the
appropriate column.
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ATP/PC system Lactic acid system Aerobic system
400 m sprint
Arm wrestling
Basketball jump shot
Race walking
Volleyball spike
(10)
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SECTION B
QUESTION 6
6.1 Complete the table below by naming two factors under each of the
headings that could cause obesity.
Economic Cultural/Societal Environmental
Factor 1:
(2) (2) (2)
Factor 2:
(2) (2) (2)
6.2 Expand on ONE factor from each column explaining how it impacts on or
could cause obesity.
(a) Economic:
(2)
(b) Cultural/Societal:
(2)
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(c) Environmental:
(2)
6.3 Suggest FOUR strategies that could be implemented in South Africa to slow
down or prevent the development of childhood obesity.
(4)
6.4 Office workers tend to gain weight due to the sedentary nature of their job.
Recommend FOUR exercises that an office worker could perform while
seated at a desk.
(4)
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QUESTION 7
Study the graphs below and then answer the questions that follow.
Graph A: White bread Graph B: Lentils
[Source: <https://high+gi+food&source>. Accessed 30/1/18]
7.1 Explain the difference between the blood glucose responses to the two
foods: what is different and why?
(8)
7.2 How might an athlete use this knowledge to their advantage?
(2)
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7.3 What is the glycaemic index?
(4)
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QUESTION 8
Examine the graph below depicting the Yerkes-Dodson Inverted-U hypothesis.
8.1 Complete the table below by identifying the mental and physical state of the
athlete in each of the zones depicted.
Zone A Zone B Zone C
1. 1. 1.
Name two
mental
states 2. 2. 2.
(2) (2) (2)
1. 1. 1.
Name two
physical
states 2. 2. 2.
(2) (2) (2)
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8.2 Explain why athletes may have differing levels of optimal arousal.
(8)
8.3 Provide TWO stress-management techniques that could be used to control
anxiety.
(4)
8.4 How can a coach move someone from an under-aroused state to the
optimal state?
(2)
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8.5 How can a coach move someone from an over-aroused state to the optimal
state?
(2)
8.6 Which of the following is necessary for an athlete to achieve optimal
performance? Write the letter of your choice.
A – balance between mental rehearsal and stress
B – maximum levels of stress
C – balance between anxiety and arousal
(1)
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QUESTION 9
Read the information in the following source and then answer the questions that follow.
SIZE MATTERS
ARMS
Being 1,95 m tall allows Usain Bolt
His large, muscular arms
to take longer (and fewer) steps over a
act like pendulums, counter-
100 m race than his smaller rivals.
balancing his pumping legs to
In London 2012 he took 41 strides to
keep him steady.
win the Olympic final. His competitors
take on average 44 strides to get over
the finish line.
Why is Usain Bolt so quick?
LEGS TRAINING
He has longer legs than the average In the run-up to the Olympic
sprinter competing in the 100 m. Games, Bolt would have required
Although this gives him bigger strides more energy than during the
there's a drawback too. Longer legs Games itself.
take longer to accelerate and give
him weak starts.
9.1 Why would Usain Bolt need more energy before the Olympic Games than
during the Games?
(2)
9.2 What is meant by the term "carbo-load"?
(3)
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9.3 Why do endurance athletes need to carbo-load?
(4)
9.4 Name TWO types of foods that an athlete would eat when carbo-loading.
(2)
9.5 Why is it so important for an athlete to eat protein?
(3)
9.6 What is Usain Bolt's predominant muscle fibre type?
(2)
9.7 (a) Bolt has several anatomical advantages over his rivals. Name THREE
physical advantages mentioned in the source.
Advantage 1:
(1)
Advantage 2:
(1)
Advantage 3:
(1)
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(b) Select ONE of these anatomical advantages and explain why it is
advantageous.
(2)
9.8 What are the effects of cardiac hypertrophy and bradycardia on Usain's
heart during training?
(4)
9.9 (a) Explain the term "VO 2 max".
(4)
(b) What is the relationship between VO 2 max and aerobic performance?
(2)
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9.10 The diagram below depicts Bolt's reaction time. Provide labels for A, B and
C.
C
Starting gun Bolt starts to Bolt finishes the
goes off move race
A B
A refers to (2)
B refers to (2)
C refers to (2)
9.11 How would a coach design a one-year training program using periodisation?
(7)
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9.12 Why should periodisation be included when planning and designing a
training program?
(3)
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QUESTION 10
10.1 Explain the role of actin and myosin filaments during muscular contractions.
(4)
Refer to the diagrams below to answer 10.2 and 10.3
A B C
[Source: <https://weightlifting&source> Accessed 5/2/18]
10.2 Explain the function(s) of both the Golgi tendon AND muscle spindles in the
pictures above.
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(8)
10.3 By referring to the pictures on the previous page, explain the "all-or-none
law".
(5)
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QUESTION 11
Consider the following situation:
An athlete (A) is on a training run. After about 10 minutes she reaches an aerobic
steady state. Up ahead she notices another athlete (B) coming from a different
direction and about 50 m ahead of her. Athlete A is competitive so she decides to
increase her speed in order to pass athlete B.
11.1 Where will the extra ATP needed to increase her pace come from?
(2)
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11.2 Once athlete A has overtaken athlete B, she has to maintain her new pace
in order to stay ahead.
Which energy system will athlete A predominantly use now?
(2)
11.3 How does athlete A "pay back" oxygen debt?
(1)
11.4 Describe lactic acid debt in the excess post-exercise oxygen consumption
(EPOC) process.
(4)
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QUESTION 12
12.1 Technology has impacted on most sports, including tennis.
(a) List FOUR advances in technology found in tennis.
(4)
(b) Explain how each of the four advances in technology listed above
has improved tennis.
(8)
12.2 Explain the impact of a "fast" court on a tennis player's opponent.
(2)
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12.3 How is it that wrist flexor muscles can perform delicate, fine movements like
holding a pen and yet can also perform a gross movement like gripping a
tennis racket?
Use words like motor unit and muscle fibres.
(5)
12.4 Below is a graph depicting a tennis player's reaction time.
Response time (milliseconds)
Number of possible responses
Interpret the data in this graph.
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(6)
12.5 What is the difference between the distance that can be achieved by a
topspin shot and a backspin shot?
(2)
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12.6 Using the following graph on force summation, describe what the athlete is
doing incorrectly when hitting a tennis forehand shot.
SEQUENTIAL FORCE SUMMATION
Arm and
hand
Force
Shoulder
Trunk
Hips
Leg &
ankle
Time
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(5)
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QUESTION 13
Explain and apply each of Newton's laws to the picture of a soccer player below.
[Source: <https://www.soccerplayer+kickingball> Accessed 31/1/18]
Newton's first law:
(2)
Application of law:
(2)
Newton's second law:
(2)
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Application of law:
(2)
Newton's third law:
(2)
Application of law:
(2)
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QUESTION 14
In the pictures below the gymnast is performing a handstand. Use the pictures and the
words provided to write a brief description of the gymnast's movements.
A B C
centre of gravity base of support action stable
unstable reaction balance line of gravity
angular momentum
Movement A:
(3)
Movement B:
(3)
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Movement C:
(3)
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QUESTION 15
All Olympic shot putters are taller than 180 cm and weigh at least 100 kg. They can also
run the 100 m in approximately 11 seconds.
How would each of these attributes be an advantage to them?
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QUESTION 16
SOURCE A
[Source: <https://www.google.co.za/early+specializationsports&safe> Accessed 3/6/18]
SOURCE B
Youth sports burnout
Most of us are familiar with feeling burned out. What you might not know is that young athletes
are capable of getting burned out, too. Burnout is defined by sport psychologists as "physical/
emotional exhaustion, sport devaluation, and reduced athletic accomplishment". This is an
important issue in youth sports because it is thought to contribute to dropping out of sports
altogether. Given the tremendous benefits that accompany exercise and sport participation, the
athlete who gives up sport participation is also giving up the important health benefits. Even at a
young age, children are developing lifestyle patterns that will carry over into adulthood. Active
youth are much more likely to be active adults. But if we allow our youth to become burned out
of sports, this may become a barrier to leading a healthy lifestyle as an adult.
[Source: <http://educatedsportsparent.com/athlete-burnout/>]
SOURCE C
Bjorn Borg assessed what tennis truly meant to him
During a seven-year stretch, Borg won eleven Grand Slam titles, including five straight
Wimbledons and six French Open championships – a record until Rafael Nadal broke it in 2012.
The Swede was also the first player ever to earn more than a million dollars in prize money in a
single tennis season. And yet, at 26, during the peak of his career, he retired. Borg has admitted
that he lost the burning drive and passion to succeed in the sport.
[Jordan Schultz The Huffington Post]
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Carefully read the provided sources, as well as the rubric. Use them to answer the
following question.
Write an essay of 250–300 words in which you argue that early specialisation in sport is
detrimental to an athlete.
To answer this question you are expected to:
• Present an in-depth argument that convincingly supports this statement.
• Examine the source material carefully and use the information in the sources to best
develop your argument.
• Integrate your own relevant sport science knowledge into your argument.
• Use real-life examples to support your argument.
ESSAY RUBRIC
Possible
1 mark 2 marks 3 marks 4 marks
mark (20)
Statement Vague. Clear statement
Disagree with made.
2
statement in
essay.
Use of Reference made Reference made Several and Source detail
knowledge from to one source to two sources. appropriate fully utilised to
sources only. references support 4
made to all argument.
sources.
Content Repetition mostly Repetition
relevance avoided. mostly avoided.
Some minor Some minor
digression. digression.
Supporting Supporting
2
argument argument
relevant. relevant.
Quality of source
extracts
accurate.
Quality of Writing consists of Reasoning Supports the Strongly
argument facts with little correct but hard statement. supports the
supporting linkage or to follow. Reasoning is statement.
statement reasoning. Some linkage clear. Reasoning is
evident. Minor errors in very clear and
flow. succinct. 4
Linkage is Flow is logical.
sometimes Compelling with
missed. regular linkage.
Well-integrated
argument.
Use of own Some facts Some facts Many facts Many facts
knowledge beyond the beyond the beyond the beyond the
sources given to sources given to sources given to sources given
×2 support argument. support support to support 8
argument AND argument. argument AND
integrated into integrated into
the argument. the argument.
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Total: 300 marks
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