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Effects of exercise on pulse rate

I can describe how to measure a person’s pulse rate before and after exercise and calculate their recovery time.

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Effects of exercise on pulse rate

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. How to measure pulse rate.
  2. How to control the type and duration of exercise to be undertaken by a test subject.
  3. Record resting pulse rate before exercise and take repeated measurements of pulse rate after exercise.
  4. The recovery time is the time it takes for the pulse rate to return to the resting rate after exercise.

Keywords

  • Pulse rate - The number of heart beats (pulses) per minute.

  • Resting pulse rate - The number of times your heart beats when at rest.

  • Recovery time - The time it takes for the heart rate to return to the resting rate after exercise.

Common misconception

Pupils may think that people are either healthy or unhealthy.

Health is a range from good to ill. Fitness is one indicator of general health.

If the student is not able to find their pulse on their wrist, they could use their neck instead. If they are still unable to find it they could count the number of breaths they taken in a minute. A line graph should ideally have 5 points - LC3 is just for plotting demonstration.
Teacher tip

Equipment

Stop watch, graph paper

Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - equipment
  • Risk assessment required - physical activity

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the variable to its description.
Correct Answer:independent,The variable that you change.

The variable that you change.

Correct Answer:control,The variable that you keep the same.

The variable that you keep the same.

Correct Answer:dependent,The variable that you measure.

The variable that you measure.

Q2.
Which changes would you experience during exercise?
Correct answer: increased heart rate
lower amount of oxygen needed
Correct answer: increased breathing rate
reduced heart rate
Q3.
What type of blood vessel transports blood away from the heart?
veins
aorta
capillaries
Correct answer: arteries
vena cava
Q4.
What makes up the circulatory system?
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Correct answer: heart
Correct answer: blood
nose
Correct answer: blood vessels
lungs
Q5.
What cellular process provides the body with energy?
Correct Answer: respiration, cellular respiration, aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration
Q6.
Where does cellular respiration take place?
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cell membrane
Correct answer: mitochondria
ribosomes
nucleus
chloroplasts

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is recovery time?
The time it takes to feel better after exercising.
Correct answer: The time it takes for heart rate to return to the resting rate after exercise.
The time it takes for the heart rate to be 60 beats per minute after exercise.
The time it takes for the breathing rate to return to normal after exercising.
Q2.
How do you measure pulse (heart) rate?
Correct answer: Place your first two fingers of one hand on the the wrist of the other hand.
Place your thumb of one hand on the the wrist of the other hand.
Place your first finger of one hand on the thumb of the other hand.
Place your thumb of one hand on the base of the thumb of the other hand.
Q3.
What is pulse (heart) rate?
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The number of times your heart beats (pulses) when you have finished exercising.
The number of times your heart beats (pulses) when exercising.
The number of times your heart beats (pulses) when at rest.
Correct answer: The number of heart beats (pulses) per minute.
Q4.
True or false? Repeat pulse (heart) rate measurements should be taken after exercise until the heart goes back to its resting rate, to calculate a person's recovery time.
Correct answer: true
false
Q5.
Calculate the mean of the following pulse (heart) rate readings. Give your answer to 2 s.f. 87, 90, 88
Correct Answer: 88
Q6.
What are the control variables when investigating recovery time after exercise?
time taken to recover
Correct answer: duration of exercise
Correct answer: type of exercise
pulse rate