Pulse
Temperature
Respiration
Blood Pressure
Pot Pourri
Vital Experiments
100
The unit of measurement for reading a person's pulse.
What is Beats per minute?
100
The Temperature here is
What is 99.8 degrees Fehrenheit?
100
Respiration is measured in ...
What is Breaths Per Minute?
100
Blood pressure is measured in ...
What is millimeters of mercury, (mm Hg)?
100
A blood pressure reading of > 120/90 mmHg
What is hypertension?
100
A statement that predicts a possible outcome of an experiment.
What is hypothesis?
200
Two places on the body where pulses can be felt.
What is the wrist and the carotid artery?
200
The result of your body fighting an infection.
What is fever?
200
Set your stopwatch to ... when you are measuring respiration.
What is one minute?
200
The first Blood pressure number is ...
What is systolic?
200
Normal range of pulse.
What is 60 - 100 beats per min (bpm)?
200
A variable that is changed by the person conducting the experiment.
What is Independent Variable?
300
Set your stopwatch for ... to measure pulse
What is 15 seconds?
300
A body temperature of < 95 degrees fehrenheit.
What is hypothermia?
300
Breathing is the act of ... and ...
What is inhaling oxgygen and exhaling carbon dioxide?
300
The bottom blood pressure number is ...
What is the diastolic?
300
Normal respiration rate.
What is 12 - 20 breaths per min (Bpm)?
300
The measurable effect or response that happens when you change the independent variable of an experiment.
What is the Dependent Variable?
400
It takes the blood ... to circulate the entire body before returning to the heart.
What is one minute?
400
An action triggered by being cold.
What is shivering?
400
During ... the diaphragm contracts and moves downwards, enabling the lungs to expand.
What is inhaling?
400
The ... measures the pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts to push the blood through the body.
What is the systolic?
400
Normal Blood pressure
What is 90/60 - 120/80 mmHg?
400
The variable that is not affected in an experiment.
What is the Control?
500
The parts of the body that comprise the circulatory system are ...
What is the Heart and the Blood vessels?
500
To help get rid of invading viruses and bacteria, the body through ... will raise your body temperature.
What is the hypothalamus?
500
During ... the diaphragm and muscles relax. This decreases the amount of space in the chest cavity.
What is Exhaling?
500
The ... is when the heart is relaxing between pushing the blood along the body.
What is the diastolic?
500
Normal body temperature
What is 97.8 - 99.1 degrees Fehrenheit?
500
The process by which living organisms maintain a stable internal environment despite changes in its external conditions.
What is homeostasis?