This is the alien that survived on "planet 1" on Alienmania.
We did an interesting experiment--we tried to find out what our heart rates were during certain activities. There were two activities that we did while or after trying to find our heart rates. In the first trial, we just sat in achair counting how many times our heart beat in thirty seconds. Then we doubled it because a heart rate is how many times your heart beats in sixty seconds. My heart rate resting was about 102 beats per minute, if I remember correctly.
The next trial was slightly different-- we did fifty jumping jacks before hand. My heart rate then increased to 148 beats per minute. Other than that it was all the same.
So what we learned from this is that as you become more active, your heart rate rate increases. I have a hypothesis of why this is: When you become more active, your heart has to pump more blood to the rest of your body very fast because you are moving so fast, you body needs the blood with nutrients, water and oxygen fast as well. So since the blood needs to move so fast, your heart needs to pump it fast.
The next trial was slightly different-- we did fifty jumping jacks before hand. My heart rate then increased to 148 beats per minute. Other than that it was all the same.
So what we learned from this is that as you become more active, your heart rate rate increases. I have a hypothesis of why this is: When you become more active, your heart has to pump more blood to the rest of your body very fast because you are moving so fast, you body needs the blood with nutrients, water and oxygen fast as well. So since the blood needs to move so fast, your heart needs to pump it fast.
We did another experiment--This time it wasn't exactly about heart rates, but how many breaths a minute we take, only through straws. We also did different activities while breathing through the straws--they included sitting, walking in place, and running. My results were 16 breaths through the wide straw sitting, 16 breaths through the wide straw while walking in place, 23 breaths though the wide straw while running, and 9 breaths through the thin straw while sitting. I think that out of all the activities, the running was the hardest. The sitting and the walking were easiest to do, and I didn't feel like it was too hard to breathe and I also felt that After a while I would want to stop, so they were pretty much the same. The running and the thin straw were also sort of the same in a way that It was sort of hard to breathe (But not quite as hard with the wide straw as with the thin straw) and I kind of wanted to stop.
I think why the wide straw was easier than the thin straw is because the wide straw was wide enough to let one breathe for a while, whereas the thin straw was very hard to breathe through even for twenty seconds.I do think that breathing through the thin straw was very different from breathing through the wide straw because it just didn't let in enough air fast enough. I think we were asked to breathe through the thin straw for only 20 seconds because it already kind of hard to breathe through even for 20 seconds sitting, so I think that most of us would pass out if we were to run, for a whole minute. I think as I moved more, and became more active, my breathing became heavier, and I breathed more because I was moving so fast, I needed oxygen to fuel me fast, and the way to get that is by breathing fast.
I think why the wide straw was easier than the thin straw is because the wide straw was wide enough to let one breathe for a while, whereas the thin straw was very hard to breathe through even for twenty seconds.I do think that breathing through the thin straw was very different from breathing through the wide straw because it just didn't let in enough air fast enough. I think we were asked to breathe through the thin straw for only 20 seconds because it already kind of hard to breathe through even for 20 seconds sitting, so I think that most of us would pass out if we were to run, for a whole minute. I think as I moved more, and became more active, my breathing became heavier, and I breathed more because I was moving so fast, I needed oxygen to fuel me fast, and the way to get that is by breathing fast.
Name: Nabili Ngoumba
Country of Origin: Swaziland
Job: Botanist
Education:
-Masters Degree in Plant Sciences from University of Wisconsin- Madison -November 2003
-Doctorate Degree in Biology from The University of Nairobi- Kenya -July 2005
-Bachelors Degree in Botany from University of Wisconsin- Madison -June 2008
Previous Work Experiences: College Professor from the University of Swaziland
Special Skills Useful for this Project:
-I have studied and experimented with the concept of growing plants on different planets
-I am able to speak English, Swahili, Bantu, and Zulu.
-I do not get motion sickness (in space ships)
In my leisure time I like to:
-paint,
-study Latin to help me learn more languages,
-spend time outdoors identifying plants and biking
The Kinds of Music I like to listen to most are:
-Zulu cultural music
-Tckaiovsky and Beehtoven
The holidays I celebrate include:
-Christmas
-Easter
-Nane Nane (farmer's day)
-Independence Day
-Union Day
Other Traits That I Have That Would be Useful on the Space Mission:
-Persistence
- I get along well in a team
-extremely logical
My reasons for wanting to go on this space mission:
- I like to learn about different cultures (the people I'm working with).
-Space interests me
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Country of Origin: Swaziland
Job: Botanist
Education:
-Masters Degree in Plant Sciences from University of Wisconsin- Madison -November 2003
-Doctorate Degree in Biology from The University of Nairobi- Kenya -July 2005
-Bachelors Degree in Botany from University of Wisconsin- Madison -June 2008
Previous Work Experiences: College Professor from the University of Swaziland
Special Skills Useful for this Project:
-I have studied and experimented with the concept of growing plants on different planets
-I am able to speak English, Swahili, Bantu, and Zulu.
-I do not get motion sickness (in space ships)
In my leisure time I like to:
-paint,
-study Latin to help me learn more languages,
-spend time outdoors identifying plants and biking
The Kinds of Music I like to listen to most are:
-Zulu cultural music
-Tckaiovsky and Beehtoven
The holidays I celebrate include:
-Christmas
-Easter
-Nane Nane (farmer's day)
-Independence Day
-Union Day
Other Traits That I Have That Would be Useful on the Space Mission:
-Persistence
- I get along well in a team
-extremely logical
My reasons for wanting to go on this space mission:
- I like to learn about different cultures (the people I'm working with).
-Space interests me
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