The writer wants to add more information to the second paragraph (sentences 5–9) to support the main argument of the paragraph. All of the following pieces of evidence help achieve this purpose EXCEPT which one? At least one study points to light exposure in the evening as a contributing factor in teens’ changing sleep patterns. Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital claim that the total amount of sleep teens receive is less important to self-regulation than when that sleep occurs. As children enter adolescence, their circadian rhythm shifts; they remain alert later in the evening and have trouble sleeping before 11:00 p.m. In teens, a chemical that makes people feel tired is released from roughly 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Pediatricians recommend that children up to age 12 get 9 to 12 hours of sleep per night; the recommendation for teens is only slightly lower. **Title: Importance of Adequate Sleep for Teen Health and Academic Performance**1. **The Overlooked Health Choice:** Many consider eating healthy and exercising as top health priorities, yet often underestimate the importance of getting enough sleep. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine reveals that teens lacking 8 to 10 hours of sleep nightly are prone to sedentary lifestyles, obesity, depression, and risky behaviors like substance use.2. **Societal Role in Sleep Support:** Ensuring healthy sleep behaviors in teens should be a societal priority. Implementing later start times in high schools and middle schools, despite disrupting the status quo, is vital for teen health and wellness.3. **Timing Matters:** It’s not just sleep quantity but timing that’s crucial for teenagers. According to Crowley, Acebo, and Carskadon in *Sleep Medicine*, sleep/wake cycles shift later in the second decade of life. Teens’ natural circadian rhythms favor staying up late and sleeping in.4. **School Start Times Misalignment:** Counterintuitively, high schools often start earlier than elementary schools. Over 90% of high schools commence classes before 8:30 AM, conflicting with teens' biological needs.5. **Impact on Teen Sleep and Health:** The Centers for Disease Control notes that earlier school start times reduce teen sleep duration. Teens report feeling tired during the day, as stated by sleep experts Wolfson and Carskadon.6. **Call for Change in Education:** To enhance student alertness, retention, and academic success, educational institutions are encouraged to adjust start times to align with students’ biological needs.

Sleep is considered one of the most primal needs of the human body and is associated with better cognitive functioning, physical prowess, memory, retention, language, etc. According to sleep experts, 7 to 8 hours of daily sleep is essential for the human body along with 25% of it being spent as REM sleep. The second paragraph in the write-up attempts to explain how the shift of sleep/wake time takes place in teenagers and how when children sleep is also important just as the number of hours spent sleeping. Option B is the correct answer as the above sentence claims that the quantity of sleep is less important than the timing of sleep, however, the second paragraph in the passage states that both the quantity and timing or quality of sleep are important. Option A is incorrect as the sentence supports the claim of the passage that children's circadian rhythms change in their teen years. Option C is incorrect as the sentence supports the claim of the passage that children have trouble falling asleep at regular times due to a shift in their circadian rhythms. Option D is incorrect as the sentence supports the passage's claim that teens sleep later at night and thus, wake up later in the morning. Option E is incorrect as the sentence supports the passage's claim that a proper amount of sleep is quintessential for teenagers.

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The writer wants to add more information to the second paragraph (sentences 5–9) to support the main argument of the paragraph. All of the following pieces of evidence help achieve this purpose EXCEPT which one?

At least one study points to light exposure in the evening as a contributing factor in teens’ changing sleep patterns.
Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital claim that the total amount of sleep teens receive is less important to self-regulation than when that sleep occurs.
As children enter adolescence, their circadian rhythm shifts; they remain alert later in the evening and have trouble sleeping before 11:00 p.m.
In teens, a chemical that makes people feel tired is released from roughly 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
Pediatricians recommend that children up to age 12 get 9 to 12 hours of sleep per night; the recommendation for teens is only slightly lower.