Sleep Quiz: Sweet Dreams
8 questions on how people and animals sleep, dream and wake up again.
- Questions
8 - Length
About 5 min
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- Adults often sleep about eight hours a day. What’s a typical daily total for a newborn?
- What happens to your core body temperature as you fall asleep?
- Which of these happen to your body during dream sleep? Select all that apply.
- A night's sleep runs through the same cycle of stages again and again. About how many minutes is one cycle?
- When do people usually get the most dream sleep?
- Randy Gardner stayed awake far longer than a weekend. About how many days was it?
- Nesting chinstrap penguins take over 10,000 tiny naps a day. About how long is each nap?
- Why might a sea otter wrap itself in kelp while resting?