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Stages and Function of Sleep

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 30secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which sleep stage does our eyes move around quickly?

a)

Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM)

b)

Rapid Eye Movement (REM)

2.

REM sleep has 4 stages. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Dreaming occurs during...

a)

NREM Stage 1

b)

NREM Stage 2

c)

NREM Stage 3

d)

NREM Stage 4

e)

REM sleep

4.

Which researchers discovered that people tend to report dreaming when woken from REM sleep?

a)

Dement & Kleitman (1957)

b)

Murdock (1962)

c)

Repacholi & Gopnik (1997)

d)

Gunderson et al. (2013)

5.

Which two are true about Stage 1 (sleep onset)?

a)

Your brain waves are slower (mostly theta waves)

b)

You can easily be awoken

c)

Mostly alpha waves (idling) and theta waves

d)

Body temperature starts to drop

6.

Which two are true about the brain waves Stage 2 (late night stage)?

a)

Your brain waves are slower (mostly theta waves)

b)

Occasional beta waves

c)

Mostly alpha waves (idling) and theta waves

d)

Occasional sleep spindles (bursts of activity)

7.

Which two things happens to your body in Stage 2 (late night stage)

a)

Muscles tense and contract

b)

Heart rate slows

c)

Body temperature drops

d)

Digestion increases

8.

Which two are true about Stage 3?

a)

Slow delta waves and some faster waves

b)

It is the stage between light and deep sleep

c)

Some sleep spindles (bursts of activity)

9.

Which one is NOT true about Stage 4 (deep sleep)?

a)

Hard to wake and feel disoriented if woken

b)

No eye movements

c)

Mostly slow delta waves

d)

Heart rate and breathing increase

10.

Which one is NOT a function of sleep?

a)

Helps learning (remember new things)

b)

Increase proteins in brain

c)

Release neurotransmitters and hormones

d)

Maintain proteins and neurons in brain

11.

Which part of the brain is responsible for the sensory blockade when sleeping?

a)

Medulla

b)

Pons

c)

Frontal Lobe

d)

Cerebellum

12.

Which two (2) things does the sensory blockade do?

a)

Stops information coming in from the senses (sound, light etc).

b)

Stops movement signals from the brain going to the body.

c)

Stops neurotransmitters passing through the pons