The Body Maintains Balance in Fluid Levels

BRYCE BERNALES, JACKSON HILTON, RACHEL LOBL, ROBERT ORTA

STEM Marin, San Marin High School, Novato, California, 94945

Abstract Introduction Methods Discussion

The human body has the ability to Homeostasis is the process in which the body Record time of day, as well as the water and This data proves homeostasis because it shows that the body
maintain its water balance, maintains a balance in all of its systems. For food consumed that day for each of the test expels fluid quicker when it has more of it. This shows that
utilizing a process called fluids, this maintenance is done by the kidneys. subjects. Each test subject must drink their the body attempts to maintain a consistent water level by
homeostasis. We tested the rate at They extract excess water from the blood stream, assigned amount of water none, 150mL, ejecting excess fluid.
which the body expels water with and eject it from the body via urination. When 300mL, 450mL, or 600mL. Right after Some improvements that could have bettered our
respect to the amount consumed. our water levels drop, causing dehydration, it can drinking, the test subjects will set a timer on experiment would have been to be able to test more people.
After consuming various amount result in a fatal drop in blood pressure. Our main their phones for themselves. When they get the This would have given us much more accurate data. We also
of water (up to 600mL), we source of water is drinking, followed by the urge to urinate, they will go to use the restroom could have used a more precise measuring system testing
measured the time the subject small amounts in food. From 2005 - 2010, the and stop the timer before they urinate. They how long it would take for test subjects to use the restroom in
could wait before urinating. Our average youth in the United States consumed will record the time. correlation to what they ate or drank beforehand.
experiment showed that drinking 450mL of water per day, while the average adult We measured the water the testers Errors that were made could have been in the
more water causes the subject to consumed over a liter. drank with a measuring cup, and took the amount of water we drank. While measuring we used a dry
have a greater urge to urinate. We We are attempting to show that the differences of the times the testers drank and measuring cup which made it difficult to pour into the water
also found that drinking 150mL of human body can maintain homeostasis as it peed in order to find the correlation. bottle and some spilled. Another error made was the lack of
water with breakfast will last until relates to fluid balance. We hypothesised that if accounting for the differences in our test subjects. Weight,
lunchtime without the need for the test subject drinks more water, then they will Implications height, physical activity, and overall fitness are variables not
urination. urinate quicker. accounted for in the experiment and could influence the
The data shows that the more water a person
results. Since an individual requires a certain amount of water
drinks the more water their body expels. This
that differs from another individual the quantity of excess
Results data can be used to explain how, when water
water in each of our test subjects would differ. Although the
levels in the body, if increased too much, will
Water 0 150 300 450 600 food eaten before and during the experiment were recorded,
see a decrease very soon after the increase. We
(mL) more detail would be required to use it to analyze data.
can also use this data to act as a control for
other experiments, or compare it to
Time 5:05 4:39 1:31 1:02 0:53
(H:MM) (No (No experiments whose dependent variable is
Urination) Urination)
(Urinate) (Urinate) (Urinate)
weight to make sense of them.