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How Does Caffeine Keep Us Awake

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  • Identify to irrelevant detail.
    100,000 metric tons is the equivalent to 14 Eiffel Towers
    Caffeine makes us anxious
  • What are positive and negative ways caffeine makes us feel?
    positive: alert, focused, happy, energetic negative: increase blood pressure, make us anxious
  • What are other ways caffeine is ingested?
    soda, chocolates, caffeine pills, some decaf beverages
  • What causes us to feel alert, happy, and energetic, even if we haven’t had enough sleep?
    Consuming caffeine
  • Why do you think some sports organizations think caffeine gives athletes an unfair advantage?
    Because they would be able to outperform other athletes; it's a drug
  • What is the world's most widely used drug?
    coffee
  • What's the main idea?
    Caffeine has both negative and positive effects on our bodies.
  • What is the topic of this video?
    Caffeine's effect on our body
  • What is the effect of caffeine to the central nervous system?
    It stimulates it, or keeps us awake by blocking adenosine
  • Identify the relevant detail.
    100,000 metric tons is the equivalent to 14 Eiffel Towers
    Can make you feel anxious
  • Why do you think caffeine can cause insomnia?
    Because it keeps you awake.
  • Why do you think adenosine and caffeine have similar molecular structure?
    So that caffeine can block the receptors and inhibit the inhibitors
  • What is the main form that caffeine is consumed in?
    Coffee and tea