TITLE: Respiration

AIM: To investigate how breathing rate changes with exercise

SKILLS ASSESSED: A/I , ORR
APPARATUS/MATERIALS: stop clock or watch, paper, pen, ruler
OBSERVATIONS/RESULTS:
Copy a table like the one below to fill in your results.

TIME Number of breaths per minute

1st minute
3rd minute
6th minute
8th minute
10th minute

METHOD:

 Sit quietly for two minutes to make sure you are completely relaxed.
 Count how many breaths you take in one minute. Record it in your table.
 Wait one minute, then count breaths again and record.
 Now do some vigorous exercise, such as stepping up and down onto a chair, for exactly two
minutes. At the end of this time, sit down. Immediately count your breaths in the next minute
and record.
 Continue to record your breaths per minute every other minute, until they have returned to near
the level before you started.
 Draw a graph of your results, putting time on the X axis (Graph is worth 5 marks)

Analysis/Interpretation:
Remember: Background information on respiration: types, definitions, differences.
Word or chemical equation (2)

1. Why does breathing rate rise so quickly during exercise? (2)

2. Why did breathing rate not go back to normal as soon as you finished exercising? (3)
3. Explain the shape of your graph. (1)
4. Work out how many minutes it took your breathing rate to return to normal after exercise. (1)
5. Do fit people’s (those who regularly play a lot of sport) breathing rate go back to normal faster
than those who do not exercise regularly? Explain this. (1)
Limitation: (1 mk)
Conclusion:
Reflection: