Question

Read the section about Heart Rate, and answer the following.

How do you adjust the heart and respiration rates if the body's oxygen level drops too low?

(2 points)
Responses

Decrease heart rate and respiration rate
Decrease heart rate and respiration rate

Increase heart rate and respiration rate
Increase heart rate and respiration rate

Decrease heart rate and increase respiration rate
Decrease heart rate and increase respiration rate

Increase heart rate and decrease respiration rate

Answer 1

If the body's oxygen level drops too low, the appropriate response would be to **increase heart rate and respiration rate**. This adjustment helps to enhance oxygen delivery to tissues and improve oxygen intake through the lungs. Therefore, the correct response is:

**Increase heart rate and respiration rate.**