It Is Difficult to Resist Food Temptations When Sleep Deprived

question 323

Multiple Choice

It is difficult to resist food temptations when sleep deprived because

• A) the cortical responses that help us resist temptation decrease.
• B) the production of cortisol increases.
• C) the production of ghrelin increases.
• D) the decreased production of cortisol related to sleep loss increases hunger.

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Definitions:

Back-arc Rifting

A geological process occurring behind a volcanic arc, involving the stretching and cracking of the Earth's crust, leading to the formation of a new ocean basin.

Island Arcs

Curved chains of volcanic islands that are usually situated along the edge of a tectonic plate, created by the subduction of an oceanic plate beneath another plate.

Island Arcs

Curved chains of volcanic islands that form along the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates, generally over a subducting plate.

Mid-ocean Ridge

An underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics, that encircles the globe and is the site of new oceanic crust formation.