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Short nights, sharp tongue

Personal & Social Development · Self-Regulation & Resilience · ages 15-16
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Which three effects show first after short nights?

    • Thinner patience, weaker recall, faster risk-taking
    • Louder voice, faster hair growth, hunger
    • Better jokes, calm mood, sharp focus

  2. What does sleep do for the brain?

    • Switches it fully off
    • Files learning, resets emotion, restores attention
    • Deletes all memories

  3. How long is one full sleep cycle?

    • About ninety minutes
    • About ten minutes
    • About five hours

  4. What should a week long sleep log match up?

    • Dreams against the news
    • Pillow brands against prices
    • Bedtimes against how each next day went

  5. Why does a short night hurt recall more than deep rest?

    • Short nights add extra dreams
    • Short nights steal the later memory filing cycles
    • Short nights cool the room

  6. Moving a hard talk to a rested morning can improve it.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. Two students revise equally, but one sleeps four hours. Why may she score worse?

    • Short sleep blurs recall and pushes risky choices
    • Examiners punish tired faces
    • Short sleep sharpens memory

  8. Why does one heroic early night fail to fix a week of short sleep?

    • Beds reject single long lies
    • Dreams refuse to return
    • The lost cycles and filing cannot be repaid in one go
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  1. Thinner patience, weaker recall, faster risk-taking · Judgement frays before sleepiness arrives.
  2. Files learning, resets emotion, restores attention · Sleep is overnight maintenance, not a shutdown.
  3. About ninety minutes · Cycles of light, deep and dreaming sleep repeat nightly.
  4. Bedtimes against how each next day went · The log makes the pattern stare back at you.
  5. Short nights steal the later memory filing cycles · Cutting sleep cuts mostly the later cycles.
  6. True · Rested hours bring back patience and judgement.
  7. Short sleep blurs recall and pushes risky choices · The test rewards exactly what short sleep steals.
  8. The lost cycles and filing cannot be repaid in one go · Recovery needs steady habits, not one stunt.
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