Oxygen Debt + Recovery Period

Question 1

What does Oxygen debt cause?

Answer 1

• A build up of latic acid in the muscles, which will make the muscles hurt

Question 2

After any vigorous exercise what do we have to do?

Answer 2

• Take in extra oxygen which helps to convert the possibly painful presence of latic acid into simple waste products have to be removed from the body

Question 3

What is ‘Expiration of breath’?

Answer 3

• Removes the carbon dioxide and other waste products from our lungs

Question 4

What is ‘Perspiration’?

Answer 4

• It is a form of temperature control and also removes excess water such as sweat at the same time that it is letting heat escape through evaporation from the skin

Question 5

Why must this heat be released?

Answer 5

• It is not really a waste product, but it must be released to prevent our body from overheating

Question 6

What is ‘Excretion’ through urine and faeces?

Answer 6

• Removes excess water and the other waste products from latic acid

Question 7

Define ‘Oxygen Debt’

Answer 7

Where we are effectively borrowing oxygen, which is then owed to the body