Worksheet No - 2 2018

Name: ___________________________ Grade: 5

Comparing heart beats

Task 1. Answer the questions based on the table given below.

Some animals have faster heartbeats than others. The table shows some of them.

Animal Heartbeat in beats per minute

Human 70
Elephant 30
Mouse 500
Blue whale 10
Cat 150
Hummingbird 1300

1. Which animal is the biggest? What is its heart beat? ________________________________________

2. Which animal is the smallest? What is its heart beat?________________________________________

Prepared by Mrs. Sribindu Mavuri

Date of Submission: 02 .07.2018 Subject: Science

Learning Outcome: To revise the facts about heart beat and pulse
3. List the animals in the table given in the first page according to their heartbeats. Start with the slowest
heartbeat.
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4. What pattern do you notice in the results?

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5. Write a conclusion about the animals’ heartbeats from these results.

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6. Predict the heartbeat of animals given below. Do some research and state if your prediction is true or not.

horse __________________________________ shrew _______________________________________

My prediction is ________________________________

7. When the bat hibernates, its heart rate drops to about 20 beats per minute. Why is it so?

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Prepared by Mrs. Sribindu Mavuri
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