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the effect of exercise on pulse rate

The effect of exercise on Pulse Rate.



Investigation
The heart rate of a human varies from 150 beats per minute in young children, to about 60 in the aged. However, I am going to investigate whether doing exercise may alter the rate of the bodies heart rate.

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Equipment
Stopwatch
Person doing the exercise

Prediction
“The longer the amount of exercise you do, the faster your pulse rate will be”.
This will happen because during the normal blood
circulation of the body, oxygen is carried around in the body by the
haemoglobin tube and your body needs more oxygen getting to its
muscles during exercise. Your body then starts to begin a process called respiration. This is where the b...

Posted by: Kelly G Hess

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