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Leaving Cert Physical Education: Planes, axes & levers

How often Planes, axes & levers 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 4 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Planes, axes & levers, Higher Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Planes, axes & levers.

(a)A forward roll takes place in which plane?
  1. Frontal
  2. Sagittal
  3. Transverse
(b)A cartwheel rotates about which axis?
  1. Longitudinal axis
  2. Frontal axis
  3. Sagittal axis
(c)A hammer thrower's spin in the circle happens in which plane?
  1. Transverse
  2. Frontal
  3. Sagittal
Show the answers

(a) Sagittal

(b) Sagittal axis

(c) Transverse

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Planes, axes & levers.

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
2025Q13
2024Q14
2023Q1
2022Q8, Q18
2021Q7, Q13

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

More Planes, axes & levers questions

Planes, axes & levers, 2 marks

On this course, movement in the transverse plane takes place about which axis?

  1. Frontal axis
  2. Sagittal axis
  3. Longitudinal axis
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Longitudinal axis

Each plane pairs with one axis: sagittal plane with frontal axis, frontal plane with sagittal axis, transverse plane with longitudinal axis. Keep the pairs together.

Planes, axes & levers, 2 marks

Bending the elbow in a biceps curl takes place in which plane?

  1. Transverse
  2. Sagittal
  3. Frontal
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Sagittal

Flexion and extension happen in the sagittal plane, which divides the body into left and right, about the frontal axis.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q13
2024Q17
2023Not asked
2022Q11
2021Q14

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

More Planes, axes & levers questions

Planes, axes & levers, 2 marks

A cartwheel takes place in which plane?

  1. Sagittal plane
  2. Transverse plane
  3. Frontal plane
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Frontal plane

The frontal plane splits the body into front and back, so movements in it go sideways. A cartwheel and a star jump both move from side to side.

Planes, axes & levers, 3 marks

A discus thrower spinning in the circle turns about which axis?

  1. Sagittal axis
  2. Longitudinal axis
  3. Frontal axis
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Longitudinal axis

The longitudinal axis runs from head to toe. Spins such as a discus turn, a full twist or a pirouette rotate around it, in the transverse plane.

Planes, axes & levers, 3 marks

A basketball defender side-steps across the court. In which plane is this movement?

  1. Frontal plane
  2. Sagittal plane
  3. Transverse plane
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Frontal plane

Side-stepping moves the legs out to the side and back in. Sideways movements happen in the frontal plane, which splits the body into front and back halves.

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