Sleep 3.1 Vocabulary

Teenagers need on average 8-10 hours a night of sleep. Do you get enough sleep?

• Yes

• No

The definition of sleep deprived is:

• active stage of sleep during which your breathing changes, your heart rate and blood pressure rise, and your eyes dart around rapidly

• hormone that increases feelings of relaxation and sleepiness and signals that it is time to go to sleep

• people who can function well on less sleep than other people

• term used to describe a person who gets inadequate amounts of sleep

People who can function well on less sleep than other people are:

• short sleepers

• sleep deprived

• circadian rhythm

• melatonin

A sleep deficit is a:

• condition that occurs when people frequently get less sleep than they should

• naturally occurring physical, behavioral, and mental changes in the body that typically follow the 24-hour cycle of the sun

• fatigue that people feel after changing time zones when they travel

• hormone that increases feelings of relaxation and sleepiness and signals that it is time to go to sleep

The pattern of sleeping in a 24-hour period is:

• sleep-wake cycle

• jet lag

• REM sleep

• circadian rhythm

The hormone that increases feelings of relaxation and sleepiness and signals that it is time to go to sleep:

• melatonin

• sleep deprived

• short sleepers

• jet lag

Naturally occurring physical, behavioral, and mental changes in the body that typically follow the 24-hour cycle of the sun is called:

• circadian rhythm

• sleep deficit

• REM sleep

• jet lag

Jet lag is

• fatigue that people feel after changing time zones when they travel

• condition that occurs when people frequently get less sleep than they should

• term used to describe a person who gets inadequate amounts of sleep

• pattern of sleeping in a 24-hour period

The active stage of sleep during which your breathing changes, your heart rate and blood pressure rise, and your eyes dart around rapidly is called:

• cirdadian rhythm

• REM sleep

• melatonin

• jet lag