Homeostasis of Breathing Rate

By: Tyler, Kyle, Sebastian, and Lucy

Trial 1: Before the 100m sprint, our runner had a breathing rate of 16 BPM. After the first
Abstract: Homeostasis occurs in the respiratory system when there is too much carbon dioxide and Purpose: The purpose was to find how a human’s body will try to maintain homeostasis trail he had a breathing rate of 31 BPM, 2 min. 30 secs. after the run he had 26 BPM, 5 min.
during exercise and how long it will take to for a human’s body to return to homeostasis. after the run he had a 20 BPM, by 7 min. 30 secs. His breathing rate had return to a normal
too little oxygen. Breathing rate rises after a high level of physical activity to supply more oxygen to
Procedure: 16 BPM.
the body. We tested this theory by measuring the breathing rate of a runner right after running 100 1. Record the breathing rate of the runner before sprint by counting how many Trail 2: Before the 100m sprint, our runner had a breathing rate of 16 BPM. After the
meters. In the first trial, the test subject’s breathing rate increased by fifteen after sprinting. The in times their chest rises in 30 secs and multiply by 2 to find breathing rate. second trail our runner had a 22 BPM, 2 min. 30 secs. after the run he had 18 BPM, 5 min.
2. Have subject sprint 100 meters on a ¼ mile track . after the run his breathing rate had return to normal
the other two trials the breathing rate increased by six. On average, the breathing rate increased by
3. The runner will do all the trails and sprints at the same pace. Trail 3: Before the 100m sprint, our runner had a breathing rate of 16 BPM. After the third
9 breaths per minute after each run. The breaths per minute increased to help supply the body with 4. After sprint record the number of times their chest rises for 30 secs. trail he had 22 BPM, 2 min. 30 secs. After the run his BPM had return to normal.
more oxygen and to get rid of the carbon dioxide in the blood. This all but confirms our hypothesis 5. Record breathing rate every 2 minutes until back to its normal. Discussion:
that breathing rate rises after a physical activity. We generally worked efficiently throughout the 6. Do 2 more trails. Our data shows, while exercising his breathing rate went up due to the lack of oxygen and
the increase of carbon dioxide in the blood. The BPM after the run were: 31 for trail 1, 22 for
project, but could have had an unbiased runner.
Materials: trail 2, and 22 for trail. These results demonstrate, the body taking less breaths and taking
Introduction: Homeostasis refers to how our body maintains a constant state internally while in larger breaths the more the body exercises. This shows that our body begins to adapt to
dealing with external interference. Breathing rate is the number of breaths per minute in a person. our current circumstances to help keep homeostasis. Additionally, the result of the recovery
1. Stopwatch time test were: 7 minutes 30 secs for trail 1, 4 minutes 30 secs for trail 2, 2 minutes 30 secs
Breathing rate can be record by counting the chest rises in one minute. The average respiratory 2. Runner for trail 3. This data shows that as the test subject kept running, his breathing rate took less
rate of teenagers are 12 to 16 breaths per minute (Pediatric Respiratory Rates, N.D. Sanddal, 3. Observer time to recover back to homeostasis. Our hypothesis was semi-correct. We predicted that if
1997). Then the average for exercise, is 40 to 50 breaths per minute. However, when the period of 4. ¼ mile track you exercise your breathing rate would increase and after you exercise it would return to
exercise is shorter the respiratory rate will be lower (Respiratory Frequency during Exercise: The normal. Which turn out to be correct. We also predicted that the recovery time would be 5
minutes and there would 30-40 BPM after the run would be the same for each trail, which
Neglected Physiological Measure, Andrea Nicolo, 2017). For how homeostasis relates to your
turn out to be incorrect. This turn out to be wrong, over time the recovery time and BPM
breathing, your body will try to keep your constant breathing rate at your constant rate. If it can´t its went down over the trails.
breathing rate will increase to get oxygen to parts of the body and positives muscles over other The things that went well on our project was that we were on task, efficient with our time,
Before After Differen Recove Recove Recovery and there were no injuries. The things that went wrong on our project was we could have
organs during running (Homeostasis-Marathon). We knew our procedure would work because when
run run ce ry ry Interval been a quicker to start the project and the errors in recording our data. Unfortunately we
the human body exercises its breathing rate will increase and after running the breathing rate will go Interval Interval 3 made some errors while collecting the data. In most of the trials the timer wasn’t started
back to normal. Our Hypothesis was if you sprint 100m, then you breathing rate will increase to 30- 1 2 exactly after counting the breaths per minute. Sometimes the counting was also off. Another
possible error could be with the inconsistency of the running speed. A test that should be
40 BPM. Additionally, if you stop exercising, then your breathing rate will go back to your normal
done is testing the heart rate because it goes hand in hand with breathing and maintaining
respiratory rate and that will take about 5 minutes. Trial 1 16 BR 31 BR 15 BR 26 BR 20 BR 16 BR homeostasis. Another investigation could be where a test subject holds their breath for a set
amount of time, and then their breathing rate is recorded after being cut off from oxygen for
some time.
Trial 2 16 BR 22 BR 6 BR 18 BR 16 BR

Trail 1 Trail 2 Trail 3

Trial 3 16 BR 22 BR 6 BR 16 BR
Recovery time 7 minutes 30 secs 4 minutes 30 secs 2 minutes 30
secs
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