Tameron Madden

PRACTICAL#: 16

DATE: March 5,2024

SKILLS ASSESSED: AI

TITLE: Respiration

AIM: To determine the effects of exercise on breathing rate.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Respiration is how living organisms get energy from the food they eat. It breaks down glucose

with oxygen to release energy in the form of ATP. This energy helps with various biological

processes, like muscle movement and cell function. The main products of respiration are carbon

dioxide, water, and ATP. Carbon dioxide is breathed out, and water is used by the body or

expelled through sweating and urine. ATP energy is used to keep the body functioning and

growing.
METHOD:

1. The subject was ordered to sit quietly for 2 minutes.

2. The number of breaths taken in the next minutes was counted.

3. The number of breaths taken was recorded in a table.

4. The subject was requested to take one minute and then count and record the number of

breaths taken per minute.

5. The subject was ordered to undergo two minutes of light exercise.

6. The number of breaths taken in every other minute was recorded until the breathing rate

returned to normal.

7. The recovery time was calculated by subtracting 6 from the time it took to return

breathing rate to normal and 1 was added to the result.

8. The recovery rate of 10 classmates was recorded in a table.

OBSERVATION:

Graph of breathing rate against time

TABLE SHOWING THE CHANGE OF BREATHING RATE DURING EXERCISE

Time/ minutes Breathing rate/ Number of breaths per minute

1st 47
3rd 37
5th 29
7th 24
10th 25

TABLE SHOWING CLASS RESULTS OF RECOVERY TIME

Student Recovery Time/min

1 3
2 5
3 6
4 4
5 3
6 3
7 4
8 3
9 5
10 3
Discussion:

During the exercise the breathing rate increased, this can be associated with the fact that during

exercise the body uses more oxygen and produce more carbon dioxide in return the body

demands the supply of oxygen increase therefore increased breathing rate. After exercise the

breathing rate remained elevated due to the body’s necessity for oxygen to metabolize the

byproducts of exercise. The relationship between breathing rate and recovery time can indicate

an individual’s fitness level in which the lower the recovery time the better an individual’s

cardiovascular fitness is and inversely the higher the recovery time indicates a poor fitness level.

During the experiment my recovery time was determined to be 3 minutes.

CONCLUSION:

In conclusion the effect of exercise on breathing rate is an increase in the rate and depth of

breathing to supply more oxygen to the body and remove carbon dioxide, meeting the heightened

energy demands during physical activity.

MARK SCHEME:

Analysis and Interpretation

Criteria Marks

Define the term respiration 1

What are the products of respiration 1

What happen to the products of respiration 1

What happens to breathing rate at the beginning of exercise. Explain why 2

Explain why breathing rate did not return to normal as soon as exercise stopped 1

Calculate recover time 1

What does breathing rate and recovery time say about each individual in terms of 2

fitness

What effect does exercise have on breathing rate? 1

Total 10