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Sleep

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many stages of sleep does a person go through each night?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
2.
This stage of sleep is considered deep sleep and has almost exclusively delta waves.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
5
3.
This stage of sleep is considered light sleep and the individual may feel as if they are falling.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
4.
Your body’s natural time clock that tells you when to wake up and when to sleep.
a)
Insomnia
b)
Circadian rhythm
c)
Frontal Lobe
d)
Sleep apnea
5.
Creating a good night time routine, dimming the lights and only using the bed room for sleep is a good example of.
a)
Night time ritual
b)
Sleep relaxation
c)
Sleep Hygiene
d)
Daily Regimen
6.
REM stands for
a)
Rapid eye movement
b)
Rapid eye motion
c)
Rage eye movement
d)
Random eye movement
7.
Which hormone regulates your sleep-wake cycle?
a)
serotonin
b)
endorphins
c)
adrenaline
d)
melatonin
8.
As the sleep cycle evolves through the night, people tend to:
a)
spend more time in REM sleep and less time in NREM sleep.
b)
spend more time in NREM sleep and less time in REM sleep.
c)
spend a more or less equal amount of time in REM sleep and NREM sleep.
d)
spend more time in stage 4 sleep and less time in REM sleep.
9.
You sleep most deeply during this stage, which is characterized by delta waves or slow waves.
a)
NREM 1
b)
NREM 2
c)
NREM 3
d)
REM
10.
If you were awakened during this sleep stage you might insist you were not asleep.
a)
NREM 1
b)
NREM 2
c)
NREM 3
d)
REM
11.
During REM, your brainwave patterns are similar to:
a)
NREM 1
b)
NREM 2
c)
NREM 3
d)
When you're awake
12.
Why is REM sleep considered paradoxical?
a)
Internally aroused
b)
Externally paralyzed
c)
Brainstem blocking messages from motor cortex
d)
all of these
13.
Slow wave sleep consists of stages ______ of sleep and is dominated by _____ waves. 
a)
1 and 2; beta
b)
2 and 3, alpha
c)
3 and 4; delta
d)
1 and 2; delta
14.
Sleep spindles are seen during
a)
NREM1
b)
NREM2
c)
NREM3
d)
REM
15.
Measures the electrical activity in the form of brain waves.
a)
Electrocardiograph
b)
Electromyograph
c)
Electrooculograph
d)
Electroencephalograph
16.
Measures the electrical activity of muscles.
a)
Electromyograph
b)
Electroencephalograph
c)
Electrooculograph
d)
Electrocardiograph
17.
Brainwave pattern with high frequency and low amplitude; found when we are awake and alert.
a)
alpha
b)
beta
c)
theta
d)
delta
18.
A term to describe the number of brainwaves per second.
a)
amplitude
b)
frequency
c)
hertz
d)
peaks and troughs
19.
A term to describe the height of brainwaves (measured in microvolts)
a)
amplitude
b)
frequency
c)
altitude
d)
frequently
20.
Abbreviation for the type of sleep where rapid eye movements would be recorded by an EOG.
a)
NREM
b)
REM
c)
NonREM
d)
EOG
21.
Abbreviation for the type of sleep where a person does not experience rapid eye movements.
a)
REM
b)
NREM
c)
R.E.M.
d)
NRME
22.
Approximately how long is each cycle of sleep during a full night’s sleep?
a)
120 minutes
b)
90 minutes
c)
80 minutes
d)
100 minutes
23.
Which of the following is NOT considered to be an altered state of consciousness?
a)
Exercise
b)
Sleep
c)
Hypnosis
d)
Meditation
24.
Which of the following NOT a characteristic of REM sleep?
a)
Delta waves
b)
Increased heart rate
c)
Vivid dreams
d)
Paralysis