Brain Basics

How much does a typical brain weigh?

• 3 pounds

• 6 pounds

• 9 pounds

• 12 pounds

At birth, your brain was almost the same size as an adult brain and contained most of the brain cells for your whole life.

• True
• False

Children who learn two languages before the age of ______ alter their brain structure

• 3
• 5
• 10
• 18

_____________ often to a young child promotes brain development.

• Singing

• Reading

Music lessons increase  brain organization and ability in both children and adults.

• True
• False

Our brains are getting larger.  Over the past 10-20,000 years, the size of the average human brain has grown 20%. 

• True
• False

There is enough energy in the brain to power a ___________

• computer

• car

• diet coke machine

• light bulb

Theses are the pathways created in the brain enable us to eventually do things easily, sometimes without thought

• electrons

• protons

• nuerons

• atoms

Your concentration can be effected by sugar

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which statement is TRUE about IQ?

• Your IQ is fixed and does not change, ever

• Your IQ is fixed after age 25

• Your IQ can change over time