Sleeping Behavior

Question 1

Resting restorative processes needed to bring the body back into homeostatic state after activity

Answer 1

Sleep

Question 2

Functions of sleep (2)

Answer 2

To reduce exposure to predators
To reduce energy requirements

Question 3

2 types of sleep

Answer 3

Sleep of the mind / Slow Wave Sleep (SWS)
Sleep of the body/ Rapid Eye Movement (REM)

Question 4

Type of sleep where dreaming doesn’t occur

Answer 4

Sleep of the mind (sws)

Question 5

An animal that sleeps very little

Answer 5

Elephant

Question 6

How many hours do elephants sleep

Answer 6

2 hrs/day

Question 7

Factors affecting sleep amount: (3)

Answer 7

BMR (basal metabolic rate)
Brain mass
Relative brain mass

Question 8

Holds the accolades for animal that sleeps the most (20 - 22 his/day)

Answer 8

Koalas

Question 9

How long do cicadas sleep

Answer 9

17 years

Question 10

An animal that sleeps with one eye open

Answer 10

Dolphins

Question 11

Difference between aestivation and hibernation

Answer 11

Aestivation - summer sleep
Hibernation - winter sleep

Question 12

Sleep where ocular muscle is active

Answer 12

Sleep of the body (REM)

Question 13

EEG meaning

Answer 13

Electroencephalogram

Question 14

EEG meaning

Answer 14

Electroencephalogram
- measures electrical activity in brain

Question 15

Active sleep

Answer 15

Sleep of the body /REM

Question 16

10 animals that hibernate the longest

Answer 16

Snails
Marmots
Bumblebee
Bears
Bats
Box turtles
Garter snakes
Wood frogs
Common poorwills
Hedgehogs

Question 17

Other state of sleep activity

Answer 17

Drowsy
Aroused

Question 18

Animal is asleep w/eyes closed but EEG pattern shows very low amplitude, steady and rapid pattern
- easily aroused into fully active state

Answer 18

Drowsy