Nick Parkinson Science 7th of February, 2011

Prac Report: The Affect of Exercise on your Body

Aim:
To investigate the effect exercise has on our breathing and heart rate.

Hypotheses:
The more exercise done, the higher the heart and breathing rates would go up.

Method:
Refer to sheet Affect of Exercise on Our Body

Results:
Table 1.0: Results of the experiment Pulse (Beats per minute) At Rest 48 Exercise for one minute 88 Exercise for two minutes 52 Exercise for three minutes 56 Exercise for four minutes 60 One minute after finishing exercise 48 Two minutes after finishing exercise 64 Three minutes after finishing exercise 52 Four minutes after finishing exercise 48 Five minutes after finishing exercise 44 Breathing Rate (Breaths per minute) 16 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

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Discussion
Graph 1.0: The effect of exercise on breathing and pulse rate

The effect of exercise on heart and pulse rate

100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 88 60 48 64 52 48 44 Pulse and Heart Rates

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At Rest

Exercise for one minute

Exercise Exercise Exercise for two for three for four minutes minutes minutes

One minute after finishing exercise

Two minutes after finishing exercise

Three minutes after finishing exercise

Four minutes after finishing exercise

Five minutes after finishing exercise

Time Pulse (Beats per minute) Breathing Rate (Breaths per minute)

2) What do the receptors in our body measure to control our breathing rate? The receptors in our body measure Carbon Dioxide (CO2) to control our breathing rate. These receptors are found in the main arteries of our bodies. If there is too much CO2 in our body, they tell us to exhale and quickly breathe (during exercise). 3) What part of the body processes this information and controls the response? The receptors in our arteries tell the spine to either breathe faster or slower. The spine then sends this information to our brain which processes it then sends it back to the lungs and other parts of the body, telling us the rate at which breathe. 4) How does our body change our heart rate? When we are doing exercise, our body uses up oxygen faster. We start to breathe faster to take in more oxygen and expel the carbon dioxide from our bodies. Our heart has to pump harder to try to get this newly oxygenated blood to parts of the body that needs it. This is why there is a noticeable difference in breathing rates when one is rested and doing strenuous exercise.

Nick Parkinson Science 7th of February, 2011

Evaluation:

The errors in that were in this experiment are as follows: y y y y The subject may have been anxious during the resting period, affecting his heart rate. He may have run faster or slowing during the different exercise periods, affecting his pulse and breathing rates The pulse and breathing rates could have been taking inaccurately Different terrains and weather conditions (more wind) between the different periods could have affecting the rates of the subject

Conclusion:
The results of this experiment show that breathing and pulse rates go up during exercise. More oxygen needs to be taken in so the amount of breaths per minutes in increased. This oxygen then needs to be pumped around the body so the heart rate - and therefore pulse rate increase. The breathing and pulse rates both go back to normal (resting rates) after four minutes.