Question

1. maria was having trouble falling asleep at night. some nights she would lay awake for hours, whereas other nights she fell right to sleep. boflo suggested that she keep a sleep journal to help her discover what made her fall asleep faster. maria wrote down her activities for each day, along with if she stayed awake and for how long. maria noticed that on days when she had pe she fell asleep with no problems. she wondered if increased physical activity would help her fall asleep faster.

hypothesis: (increased or decreased) physical activity causes --------------------------.
if i ------------, then i will fall asleep in (more or less) time than when i ------------.

Explanation:

Based on the text, Maria noticed that on days with PE (physical activity), she fell asleep easily. So the hypothesis is about the effect of physical activity on sleep. The first part is to fill in the type of physical activity (increased as PE is a form of it) and its effect (falling asleep faster). The second part is a conditional statement following the hypothesis structure.

Answer:

Hypothesis: Increased physical activity causes falling asleep faster.
If I increase my physical activity, then I will fall asleep in less time than when I have no physical activity.