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A good night's sleep consists of four to five sleep cycles. Each cycle includes periods of both deep sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. As the night goes on, the portion of the cycle in REM sleep increases. REM is characterized by rapid and random eye movement. It is also when dreaming occurs. Most people can recall their dreams from this stage, and it is when certain memories are consolidated. The cycling and progression of different phases is critical to the biology of sleep.

This passage is primarily about

(A)necessary amounts of sleep
(B)ideal sleep environments
(C)the importance of sleep cycles
(D)rapid eye movement sleep


Transcript

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Okay see reading some uppers Four of five and let's

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Just get down to it And yet right here this

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passage is primarily about All right a good night's sleep

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consists of four to five sleep cycles Each cycle includes

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periods of both deep sleep and rapid eye movement or

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ram r r e m not the rock group As

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the night goes on the portion of the cycle in

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rem sleep increases ram is characterized by rapid and random

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eye movement it's also when dreaming occurs most people can

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recall their dreams from this stage and it is when

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certain memories are consolidated Cycling and progression of different phases

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is critical to the biology of sleep like that's when

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you heal yourself more less well the main idea of

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the passage is thie importance of sleep cycles this idea's

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reinforced in the first and last sentences of the passage

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which discuss a good night's sleep and how these cycles

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are critical See right there it says critical you know

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what else is critical napping And we're totally going to

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take a quick one after this drill maybe even during

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it All right well loser bowl although we're told that

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a good night's sleep involves at least four to five

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sleep cycles the text doesn't tell us how long that

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takes in hours and ideal sleep environments don't come up

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at all And the article does describe rem sleep but

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only as a two of the types of sleep that

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occurred during a sleep cycle So that's it the importance 00:01:17.482 --> [endTime] of sleep cycles So uh get biking

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