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sleep vocabulary

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you are not able to sleep at night.

a)

Insomnia

b)

Toss and turn

c)

dream

2.

A short sleep, especially during the day.

a)

Nap

b)

Sleep in

c)

Sleepwalker

3.

A series of thoughts, images, and feelings that you experience when you are asleep.

a)

Toss and turn

b)

Sleep

c)

Dream

4.

What is 'Deep Sleep'?

a)

When you can't get up from sleep

b)

When you are dreaming

c)

when your body and brain waves slow down.

5.

What is 'Light Sleep'?

a)

When your brain has dipped into sleep but you don't feel like you're asleep.

b)

When you sleep with the lights on

c)

When you see a light in your sleep

6.

What is the meaning and full form of 'REM'?

a)

Rapid Eye Movement

b)

Recurring Running Moment

c)

Really Engaging Material

7.

What does the word 'lethargic' mean?

a)

Energetic

b)

Active

c)

Lazy or sluggish

d)

Alert

8.

A device that helps people with sleep apnea

a)

ABCS

b)

CPQA

c)

CPDA

d)

CPAP

9.

A sleep disorder in which a person has uncontrollable sleep attacks, sometimes lapsing directly into REM sleep.

(a)  

10.

Rapid eye movement sleep: a recurring sleep stage in which vivid dreams commonly occur.

(a)  

11.

What is the term for a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing or periods of shallow breathing during sleep?

a)

Sleep Apnea

b)

Insomnia

c)

Restless Leg Syndrome

12.

Which stage of sleep is most associated with vivid dreams?

a)

REM Sleep

b)

Light Sleep

c)

Deep Sleep

13.

What is the term for the natural internal process that regulates the sleep-wake cycle and repeats roughly every 24 hours?

a)

Biological Clock

b)

Sleep Cycle

c)

Circadian Rhythm

14.

10% to 15% of adults complain of what, which is a persistent problem in falling or staying asleep?

a)

Narcolepsy

b)

Sleepwalking

c)

Night terrors

d)

Sleep apnea

e)

Insomnia

15.

Respectively, 1 in 2000 people have which sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks that usually last for less than five minutes and which sleep disorder targets mostly children, occurs during the first few hours of NREM(3) sleep, and is seldom remembered?

a)

Narcolepsy, sleep apnea

b)

Narcolepsy, insomnia

c)

Narcolepsy, night terrors

d)

Insomnia, narcolepsy

16.

Why is REM sleep important?

a)

It helps improve your memory.

b)

It makes you taller.

c)

It helps you run faster.

d)

It changes your eye color.

17.

Which sleep disorder is characterized by intense hallucinatory dreams that typically affect young children during NREM-3 sleep?

a)

Night Terrors

b)

Sleep Apnea

c)

Narcolepsy

d)

Insomnia

18.

Which disorder is characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks, in which a sufferer may slip directly into REM sleep

a)

Insomnia

b)

Narcolepsy

c)

Sleep Apnea

d)

Night Terrors

19.
Repeated periods during sleep when a person stops breathing for 10 seconds or longer is known as:
a)
Sleep apnea
b)
Narcolepsy
c)
Sleep agnosia
d)
Cataplexy
20.

Adults need more sleep than kids

a)
true
b)
false
21.

Which of the following may be a cause of insomnia?

a)

relaxation

b)

stress

c)

sleepwalking

d)

being happy at work

22.

a chemical

substance, found in products

like coffee, tea, and cocoa, which

stimulates your brain and body

and makes you feel more awake

and alert for a little while.

a)

chronotype

b)

caffine

c)

protein

d)

melatonin

23.

Losing sleep has been linked to:

a)

Increased imflammation

b)

High blood pressue

c)

Obesity

d)

All answer options

24.

Getting the recommended 8hrs sleep per night improves:

a)

Critical thinking

b)

Ability to learn

c)

Concentration

d)

Rapid response skills

e)

All of the above

25.

CPAP stands for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

26.

what is a temporary inability to move or speak while falling asleep or waking up often accompanied by a sense of pressure or fear

a)

sleep paralysis

b)

narcolepsy

c)

circadian rhythm

d)

restless leg syndrome

27.

You should go through the sleep cycle only once a night

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

28.

teens need how many hours of sleep a night?

a)

12-14

b)

6-7

c)

10 1/2

d)

8.5 -9

29.

Bruxism is when you have sore muscles during sleep

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

30.

The sleep cycle consists of REM sleep and also what other two types of sleep?

a)

Light sleep and deep sleep

b)

dream sleep and terror sleep

c)

hungry sleep and drowsy sleep