Sort the situations based on which part of the autonomic nervous system is at work. ross feels nervous because he misplaced his important work documents. dory sees a bear while hiking in the woods, and her heart rate increases. maya feels her heart rate slow down after strenuous exercising. rodrigo’s breathing increases when he hears a scary sound. sofia’s muscles relax when she finds her missing cell phone lisa feels calm after yoga class.

Sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system are the parts of autonomic nervous system that controls functions of the body unconsciously. The sympathetic nervous system regulates the response in situation of “flight or fight” situation. The parasympathetic nervous system maintain “rest and digest” response.

The part of the autonomic nervous system is at  work in the given situations:

the most common energy conversion is from kinetic energy to potential energy, and then from potential energy to kinetic energy.

later on comes the heat energy, mechanical energy, and other energy conversions.

this energy conversion is so common that we can find it in our day to day lives as well.

- one of the most common energy conversions involves the changing of potential energy to kinetic energy or kinetic energy to potential energy