Measuring Body Rates – Counting Breaths and Heartbeats

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1. Question 1

   Multiple choice

   If a child counts 18 breaths in one minute at rest, what would you expect after 2 minutes of jumping?

2. Question 2

   Multiple choice

   Which tool could you use to measure heart rate?

3. Question 3

   Multiple choice

   A child's resting heart rate is 75 bpm. After exercise it rises to 120 bpm. By how many beats per minute did it increase?

4. Question 4

   True or false

   The more intense the exercise, the higher both the heart rate and breathing rate will be.

5. Question 5

   Matching

   Match each measurement to what it tells us about the body.

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• Graph Patterns – Understanding What Heart Rate Data Tells Us

• Active Bodies – Why Moving More Means a Healthier Heart

• Activity and Your Body – How Exercise Changes Breathing and Heart Rate

• Inside the Circulatory System – Blood and Its Pathways

• Breathing In – How Lungs Bring Oxygen into the Body

• What Blood Carries – Oxygen and Nutrients on the Move