Chapter 5: Sleep

Question 1

Insomnia

Answer 1

Difficulty falling or staying asleep

Question 2

How does missing sleep effect health?

Answer 2

Lower immunity
Asthma
Weight gain

Question 3

Sleep apnea

Answer 3

Periods of non-breathing during sleep

Question 4

How does sleep deprivation defect you?

Answer 4

More agitated
Impaired reaction, coordination, judgement
Memory impacts

Question 5

How do you get good sleep?

Answer 5

Regular exercise
Manage stress
Avoid eating before bed
Technology break

Question 6

Sleep

Answer 6

A period of rest and recovery from daily demands, a state of unconsciousness or partial consciousness from which a person can be roused by stimulation

Question 7

Sleep deprivation

Answer 7

Lack of sufficient time asleep

Question 8

What is sleep good for?

Answer 8

Stimulates growth and repair of body
Prevents certain cancers
Promotes resistance to viral infection

Question 9

Circadian rhythm

Answer 9

The daily 24-hour cycle of physiological and behavioral functioning

Question 10

Sleep debt

Answer 10

The difference between the amount of sleep you need and the amount you get