Teen Decision Making Review

The brain has reached its maximum size between the ages of ?

• 10-12

• 12-14

• early 20s

• late 20s

Which part of your brain controls emotional responses?

• limbic system

• prefrontal cortex

Your decisions are made by using a relay system of cells called . . .

• neurotransmitters

• axon

• synapses

• neurons

The brain is not fully developed until what age?

• 12-14

• 16-18

• early 20s

• early 30s

Which part of your brain controls logical thinking; sizing up risks vs. rewards?

• limbic system

• prefrontal cortex

The space between 2 neurons where where neurotransmitters transfer from one neuron to another.

• axon

• dendrites

• axon terminals

• synapse

The process in which the synapses get removed when they are not being used.

• trimming

• pruning

• clipping

• cutting

Teenagers have the ability to shape their own brain.

• True

• False

Label #4 is what part of the neuron?

• Cell Body

• Dendrite

• Axon

• Axon Terminals

• Synapse

Label #2 is what part of the neuron?

• Cell Body

• Dendrite

• Axon Terminal

• Myelin Sheath

• Synapse