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What is the average school start time in America for grades 7-12? 

What is 8 AM 

100

How many teens out of 10 get 8-10 hours of sleep per night? Why school should start later for teens

What is 1/10. Another reason why school should start later for teens!

100

Can a teen gain weight from loss of sleep?

What is yes. Good sleep is correlated with healthy metabolism. Also late night eating is associated with unhealthy weight. 

100

What is it called when you can control your dreams?

What is lucid dreaming

200

How many hours of sleep should teens get?

What is 8-10 hours

200

What time of day does melatonin production start getting released in teens?

What is 11pm - Another Reason Why School Should Start Later for Teens.

200

What is the percentage of teens who are said to get depressed because of sleep loss?

What is 38%. Every hour a teen loses sleep is associated with negative mental health outcomes. 

200

What is the common most used supplement that people use to wake up? 

What is Caffeine 

300

What is the first state to issue later school start times?

What is California 

300

Around what time during their growth do kids start experiencing a delay in their biological clock? 

What is puberty

300

What comparative alcohol level do teens exhibit have when they are sleep deprived?

What is 0.08%. Research shows that driving while tired is comparable to driving with a blood alcohol content of .08, the legal limit of intoxication.  

300

What animal sleeps the most?

What is Brown-Bat which sleeps 19 hours

400

What governor signed the new law that issued school to start later?

A. Jerry Brown

B. Arnold Schwarzenegger

C. Gavin Newsom

What is C. Gavin Newsom

400

If you wake a teen up at 6 am what does it feel like for an adult ? 

What is 4 am

400

With every 10 minutes a teen didn't get sleep what would be the percentage of increase that they use a substance ?

What is 6 percent increase in the chance they’d used substances. Our ability to make good, rational choices goes down the less sleep we get, this is especially true for teens. 

400

What is the stage of sleep called when your eyes are moving rapidly?

What is REM (rapid eye movement)

500

What are 2 ways sleeping adequately improves school performance? 

What is recharges your brain, maximizes your ability to hone your attention, improves your memory, learning ability, consolidates memories from previous days allowing you to build intelligence and skills. 

500

What academic achievements improved when schools adopted later start times for teens?

What is school absences dropped by 25 percent and math and reading scores went up three percentage points.


500

What are the health effects for a teen who gets 6 hours of sleep a night on average?

What is Twice the increase in rates of depression, substance use, lack of academic achievement and other negative health behaviors such as unhealthy eating, lack of desire to exercise etc. 

500

What's the fraction for how long of our lives we spend sleeping?

What is 1/3