Cuestionario sobre la Estructura Más Asombrosa de la Tierra

What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

• The brain is the control center of the body.

• The cerebral cortex has three parts.

• The cerebral cortex, which has four parts, makes us intelligent.

• People used to think that the brain was not important.

What is mentioned about the brain in the last paragraph?

• The human brain is more powerful than any supercomputer.

• The neurons in the brain send and receive information faster than any computer.

• The brain has 100 million cells called neurons.

• People are born with most of the neurons they have when they become adults.

The cerebral cortex consists of ________________.

• useless material

• four parts called neurons

• four parts called lobes

• cells without function

The upper part of the cerebral cortex ________________.

• processes things that people touch

• processes sounds that people hear

• processes images from our eyes

• processes information from memory

A mouse brain is ________________.

• approximately as strong as the best supercomputer in the world

• approximately twice as strong as the best supercomputer in the world

• approximately half as strong as the best supercomputer in the world

• stronger than any human brain

Neurons in the brain use the spinal cord as a ________________.

• communication system

• highway

• map showing the locations of different parts of the body

• path

Adult humans have ________________ connections between neurons.

• 700 million

• 50 billion

• 125 trillion

• 100 billion

In this text, the words 'useless material' refer to ________________.

• material of no importance

• non-important lobes on the surface of the cerebral cortex

• unused or new neurons within the brain

• brain cells without function

People who injure the lateral lobe of the cerebral cortex ________________.

• cannot process visual information

• are generally not very intelligent

• may not be able to feel happiness or sadness like other people

• may have problems remembering things

How long did the development of the human brain take?

• 1 million years

• 700 million years

• 50 million years

• 100 million years