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The document discusses the effects of exercise on homeostasis, outlining objectives for students to identify and describe stable internal conditions. The hypothesis suggests that exercise increases perspiration, breathing rate, heart rate, and blood pressure, while body temperature may not necessarily rise. The conclusion notes that while most expected changes occurred, an error in data collection affected blood pressure readings, and it explains the mechanisms of homeostasis through feedback loops.

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Homeostasis Lab.pdf

The document discusses the effects of exercise on homeostasis, outlining objectives for students to identify and describe stable internal conditions. The hypothesis suggests that exercise increases perspiration, breathing rate, heart rate, and blood pressure, while body temperature may not necessarily rise. The conclusion notes that while most expected changes occurred, an error in data collection affected blood pressure readings, and it explains the mechanisms of homeostasis through feedback loops.

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The Effects of Exercise on Homeostasis

Objectives

Students will

●​ identify conditions that need to stay constant to keep the body in equilibrium.

●​ describe how organisms maintain stable internal conditions while living in changing

external environments.

Hypothesis

When a person exercises, their perspiration level will increase because the body will

sweat to control body temperature by cooling the skin. If someone exercises vigorously, their

body temperature will increase because their contracting muscles will increase their temperature.

If someone exercises, their breathing rate will increase because the body needs energy, increasing

the need to gain oxygen and release carbon dioxide. The heart rate of someone exercising will

increase due to their muscles needing to be supplied with oxygen. Someone exercising will have

their blood pressure raise because their heart will have to beat harder, putting more pressure on

artery walls.

Procedure

The materials used for the lab were a thermometer, a stopwatch, and a blood

pressure/heart rate kit. First, my group took the resting readings of the person who exercised:

perspiration level, body temperature, breathing rate, heart rate, and blood pressure. Next, we had

the group exerciser strenuously exercise for one minute. After that, we had them sit down and

rest for one minute, taking all their readings again. At the end of the minute, they were sent to

exercise again. Then, we took their readings again. We repeated this two more times. After this,

we took their readings after two, four, and six minutes of rest.
Data

Time Perspiration Body Breathing Heart Rate Blood


Intervals Level (1-5) Temperature Rate (BPM) (BPM) Pressure
(℉) (MM/HG)

Rest 0 98.1 26 87 98/75

2 Minutes of 0 97.8 50 89 115/65


Exercise

4 Minutes of 1 97.1 23 E E
Exercise

6 Minutes of 2 96.2 30 132 137/76


Exercise

8 Minutes of 2 95.8 33 146 130/76


Exercise

Rest After 3 97.2 28 123 122/77


Exercise: 10
minutes

Rest After 1 96.7 26 126 111/72


Exercise: 12
minutes

Rest After 1 96.5 25 127 106/80


Exercise: 14
minutes
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Conclusion
The initial hypothesis was partially correct. I had assumed that perspiration level,

breathing rate, body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure would all increase. The

perspiration level, breathing rate, heart rate, and blood pressure did increase, however, body

temperature did not.

After four minutes of exercise, the blood pressure and heart rate cuff were not put on the

exerciser’s arm properly. This resulted in an error and a gap in the data table.

Homeostasis is the body’s way of maintaining stable internal conditions, such as stable

body temperature and blood sugar. This is achieved by two main biological mechanisms: positive

and negative feedback loops. In feedback loops, there are three parts: a sensor, a control center,

and an effector. A negative feedback loop is when the body tries to reverse a change in the body

by sending a counteracting response. For example, when there is too much glucose in blood, the

body will respond by releasing insulin to set the blood sugar levels back to normal. Receptors in

the body sense the change, then the pancreas secrete insulin until blood sugar is back to normal.

Positive feedback loops are when the body tries to exacerbate the changes the body is

undergoing. An example of this is childbirth. When a baby’s head pushes against the cervix, it

sends signals to neurons in the brain, which then sends the hormone oxytocin to the body. This

increases contractions, which leads to even more oxytocin being produced.

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