Coordination and

response
Homeostasis in living things

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place two fingers between the bone and the
tendon over your radial artery — which is lo
cated on the thumb side of your wrist. When
you feel your pulse, count the number of be
ats in 15 seconds. Multiply this number by 4
to calculate your beats a minute.
EXPERIMENT 3.2
Problem Statement: does the pulse count increase when
executing heavy task?
Hypothesis: pulse count will increase when executing he
avy tasks.
Aim: to study how biological actions respond to pulse cou
nt.

Manipulated Variables: types of activity

Responding variables: pulse count
Fixed variable: time taken, student.
EXPERIMENT 3.2
Results:
Pulse count
Group number
At rest Walking Dancing

8
EXPERIMENT 3.2

Conclusion: is the hypothesis accepted or

rejected?

Discussion:
1.What is shown by the data collected?
2.What other observations can be seen on st
udents after doing heavy tasks?
3.Why is sweat produced when doing heavy
tasks?
BALANCE? CONSTANT?

HOMEOSTASIS:
Maintenance of the internal environment in the body
of organism, such as temperature, water level, pH a
nd blood pressure to be in a balanced and stable co
ndition.

AND THIS IS ACHIEVED BY THE CORRECTIVE

MECHANISM
REGULATION OF BODY TEMPERATURE
FEVER AND PARACETAMOL

WHY WOULD A DOCTOR PRESCRIBE PARACETAMOL WHEN WE

HAVE FEVER?

Paracetamol reduces fever by promoting heat

loss (through sweating and cutaneous vasodil
ation) and thus helps reset the hypothalamic
thermostat.
homework

prepare a lab report by referring to

experiment 3.2 page 77

Answer question number 7. page 85 and

86

Submit all on Thursday by 2pm.