Homeostasis Lab Report
Homeostasis Lab:
The Effects of Exercise on Homeostasis
Purpose:
To discover the effect that various levels of exercise have on specific body parameters.
Hypothesis:
If a subject walks up and down a flight of stairs for eight minutes, then they start to sweat more, their heart rate, body temperature, and breathing rate will increase, and there will be a change in their skin color on their arms and face, because the body will be trying to maintain homeostasis.
Materials:
You will need…
-An iPhone with the apps "Body Temperature" and "Heart Rate"
-A pencil
-A stopwatch
-A stairwell
-An instruction packet
Introduction:
Your body is always trying to maintain a state of balance known as homeostasis. When you exercise, you generate a wide range of effects on the systems of your body. It strives to help create enough energy to continue exercising as well as help the body recover afterwards. This state of energy creation and use has many effects on your body’s homeostasis including increased breathing, heart rate, and sweat rate and a change in external body temperature and skin color on the arms and face. In this lab, 1 member of each group shall be the subject who will exercise for 8 minutes by walk up and down a flight of stairs. The subject’s breathing …show more content…
After 2 minutes of exercising, he didn’t show any change in body color or perspiration levels. After 4 minutes of exercise, the subject’s body color began to appear patchy and he began to mildly sweat. After 6 minutes of exercise, his body color still appeared to be patchy but his perspiration level increased from mild to medium. After 8 minutes of exercise, the subject’s body color increased to flushed and he was still showing medium perspiration levels. 2 minutes after he was done exercising, the subject’s body color went from flushed to patchy and his perspiration level went from medium to
The Effects of Exercise on Homeostasis
Purpose:
To discover the effect that various levels of exercise have on specific body parameters.
Hypothesis:
If a subject walks up and down a flight of stairs for eight minutes, then they start to sweat more, their heart rate, body temperature, and breathing rate will increase, and there will be a change in their skin color on their arms and face, because the body will be trying to maintain homeostasis.
Materials:
You will need…
-An iPhone with the apps "Body Temperature" and "Heart Rate"
-A pencil
-A stopwatch
-A stairwell
-An instruction packet
Introduction:
Your body is always trying to maintain a state of balance known as homeostasis. When you exercise, you generate a wide range of effects on the systems of your body. It strives to help create enough energy to continue exercising as well as help the body recover afterwards. This state of energy creation and use has many effects on your body’s homeostasis including increased breathing, heart rate, and sweat rate and a change in external body temperature and skin color on the arms and face. In this lab, 1 member of each group shall be the subject who will exercise for 8 minutes by walk up and down a flight of stairs. The subject’s breathing …show more content…
After 2 minutes of exercising, he didn’t show any change in body color or perspiration levels. After 4 minutes of exercise, the subject’s body color began to appear patchy and he began to mildly sweat. After 6 minutes of exercise, his body color still appeared to be patchy but his perspiration level increased from mild to medium. After 8 minutes of exercise, the subject’s body color increased to flushed and he was still showing medium perspiration levels. 2 minutes after he was done exercising, the subject’s body color went from flushed to patchy and his perspiration level went from medium to