Affect of Activities on Heart Rate Exploration Different activities that we do in our everyday life have an affect on the rate at which our heart beats. When our bodies are at rest the result is a lower heart.
More strenuous activities result in an increased heart rate.
As movement is increased the body requires more oxygen to function. In order to supply this oxygen to the body the heart must increase the amount of blood circulating throughout the body. Thus making the heart work heart and faster thus increasing the amount of beats per minute. In this experiment one person was selected as a test subject. She was given four activities to perform.