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    The document describes an experiment to test how muscle fatigue affects performance. Students squeezed a clothespin as many times as possible in one minute. On average, boys squeezed 138 times while girls squeezed 155 times, showing girls have stronger finger muscles. While the hypothesis was to squeeze 50 times, results increased with each trial as the muscles fatigued, indicating fatigue builds lactic acid but performance improves with repeated activity as muscles adapt.

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    The document describes an experiment to test how muscle fatigue affects performance. Students squeezed a clothespin as many times as possible in one minute. On average, boys squeezed 138 times while girls squeezed 155 times, showing girls have stronger finger muscles. While the hypothesis was to squeeze 50 times, results increased with each trial as the muscles fatigued, indicating fatigue builds lactic acid but performance improves with repeated activity as muscles adapt.

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    The document describes an experiment to test how muscle fatigue affects performance. Students squeezed a clothespin as many times as possible in one minute. On average, boys squeezed 138 times while girls squeezed 155 times, showing girls have stronger finger muscles. While the hypothesis was to squeeze 50 times, results increased with each trial as the muscles fatigued, indicating fatigue builds lactic acid but performance improves with repeated activity as muscles adapt.

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    Page | 1

    LAB
    How Does Fatigue Affect Muscle Performance?

    Problem
    A condition known as muscle fatigue occurs when certain waste products of
    muscle activity (lactic acid) build up in the cells. Until these waste chemicals
    are removed, the fatigue will continue.

    Do the Following Activity:


    Hold a spring-type clothespin between your thumb and index finger. Pinch the
    ends together completely (until the two ends touch) and release them. Do this
    as rapidly as possible for one minute. Record the number of times you could
    squeeze the clothespin:

    Hypothesis: Make a prediction of how many squeezes youll be able to do.


    If I squeeze a close pin each second i might get 50.
    In this experiment, I predict that I will be able to squeeze the clothespin
    above_50___ times in one minute. I made this prediction because ___
    Dependent variable We will measure how many squeezes we can get in 1 min.
    Independent variable
    Control The fingers and time + dominate hand
    Data/Results:

    Trial # # of Squeezes in 1 minute


    1 122
    2 130
    3 137
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    4 164
    Average 138.25

    Boys Girls

    140.013 155.3

    Conclusion: (Analyze your data and summarize your findings. Sate how the
    results relate to the hypothesis.)

    In this experiment we tested girls and boys and we found out girls have
    stronger finger muscles in this class. My hypothesis was If I squeeze a close
    pin each second I might get 50. My hypothesis was correct I got higher than
    50. My hypothesis was also wrong because the girls beat us with a higher score
    and I thought the boys were gonna do better. Each time I got higher than my
    original score.

    Reflection Questions:

    1. Could you do as many in a minute the fourth time as you could do


    the first time? Provide a biological explanation for these results.
    Yes I could because I can even get higher than my first score.
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    2. What does an increased pulse rate indicate about the heart rate
    and flow of blood in someones body?
    It increases as the pulse rate __gos
    faster__________
    It decreases as the pulse rate _slows
    down__________

    3. If you want to increase your clothespin-squeezing rate, would you


    suggest exercising or resting before you did it? Explain why you think
    your choice is correct. Yes because then people would calm down also
    they would need to exercise so you could do it faster.

    4. What do you think would happen to the number of squeezes if you


    were asked to do a 5th trial for clothespin squeezing? I think my
    numbers will increase.

    5. What effect did muscle fatigue have on the action of your hand
    muscles?
    The effect was my hands got faster in squeezing than any time before.

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