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Leaving Cert Physical Education: Benefits & concepts of activity

How often Benefits & concepts of activity comes up on the Physical Education papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker

OL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker

Benefits & concepts of activity, Higher Level(9 marks)

Quick ones on Benefits & concepts of activity.

(a)A key benefit of active play in infancy?
  1. Lowering stress from work
  2. Developing movement and motor skills
  3. Staying independent in later life
(b)In adulthood, regular activity mainly lowers the risk of?
  1. Falls caused by frailty
  2. Growth problems in the bones
  3. Chronic diseases like heart disease
(c)A social and mental benefit of team sport in adolescence?
  1. A sense of belonging and better self-esteem
  2. Fewer sick days taken off work
  3. Keeping good balance to prevent falls
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(a) Developing movement and motor skills

(b) Chronic diseases like heart disease

(c) A sense of belonging and better self-esteem

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Benefits & concepts of activity.

Higher Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q9, Q13, Q16
2024Q2, Q17
2023Q13, Q14
2022Q9, Q18
2021Q1, Q17

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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Benefits & concepts of activity, 2 marks

Regular physical activity lowers the risk of which chronic disease?

  1. Short-sightedness
  2. Hay fever
  3. Type 2 diabetes
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Type 2 diabetes

Activity helps control blood sugar and body weight, lowering the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and some cancers.

Benefits & concepts of activity, 3 marks

How does physical activity help control body weight?

  1. It removes the need to eat protein
  2. It raises energy use to balance intake
  3. It stops the body storing any fat
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It raises energy use to balance intake

Weight depends on energy balance. Activity burns energy, so with a sensible diet it helps prevent weight gain.

Benefits & concepts of activity, 2 marks

A cognitive (learning) benefit of activity for students?

  1. Better concentration in class
  2. Lower bone density
  3. Higher resting heart rate
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Better concentration in class

Being active is linked with better concentration, memory and classroom behaviour, which is one reason schools value active breaks and PE.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q3, Q8
2024Q5, Q13, Q16
2023Q15
2022Q5
2021Q1, Q18

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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Benefits & concepts of activity, 2 marks

Which list shows the life stages in the right order?

  1. Childhood, infancy, adulthood, adolescence, older adulthood
  2. Infancy, adolescence, childhood, older adulthood, adulthood
  3. Infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, older adulthood
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Infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, older adulthood

Being active brings benefits at every stage of life, from babies to older adults.

Benefits & concepts of activity, 2 marks

A main benefit of active play in childhood is…

  1. Fewer falls later on in old age
  2. Learning to run, jump and throw
  3. Less stress at work each day
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Learning to run, jump and throw

Childhood is the time to learn basic movement skills. They make it easier to enjoy sport for life.

Benefits & concepts of activity, 3 marks

An economic benefit of active adults is…

  1. Fewer sick days and lower health costs
  2. Higher gym fees for everyone
  3. More spending on medicine and doctors' visits
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Fewer sick days and lower health costs

Active adults are healthier, so they miss less work and use fewer health services, which saves money.

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