Your Amazing Brain

The cerebrum is responsible for:

• controlling voluntary actions and processing sensory information

• regulating involuntary actions like heartbeat

• producing hormones

• digesting food

What is the difference between short-term and long-term memory as described in the passage?

• Short-term memory is temporary, while long-term memory is permanent.

• Short-term memory is for storing large amounts of information, while long-term memory is for small amounts.

• Short-term memory is only for visual information, while long-term memory is for auditory information.

• Short-term memory is more reliable than long-term memory.

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The brain is divided into two hemispheres. What are the functions of each hemisphere?

• The left hemisphere controls logical thinking and language, while the right hemisphere controls creativity and spatial ability.

• The right hemisphere controls logical thinking and language, while the left hemisphere controls creativity and spatial ability.

• Both hemispheres control logical thinking, language, creativity, and spatial ability equally.

• The left hemisphere controls creativity and spatial ability, while the right hemisphere controls logical thinking and language.

Which of the following is NOT a way to keep the brain healthy?

• Get enough sleep

• Eat junk food

• Do physical exercise

• Tackle a crossword puzzle

Which quotation reveals the connection between the brain and improvements in the things that we do?

• “It connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls breathing, digestion, heart rate, and all the things we need to stay alive.” (paragraph 4)

• “It also helps us to coordinate our movements so we can do things like walk, play sports, or type a paper!” (paragraph 5)

• “A ‘right-brained’ person has a good imagination and enjoys creative things like music, art, and writing.” (paragraph 7)

• “Also, when we learn a new task, the brain repeats the same message many times until we learn how to do the task better.” (paragraph 8)

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Which two statements explain how long-term memory compares to short-term memory?

• It stores information that we need to use quickly.

• It stores facts we can use to accomplish certain tasks.

• It helps us to recall names of new people that we meet.

• It stores information we want to remember permanently.

• It stores more pieces of information than any other kind of memory.

Based on the passage, how does a neuron function?

• To helps us walk steadily

• To send signals throughout the body

• To impact the kind of personality we have

• To help us retrieve information that we need quickly

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The cerebellum helps us to balance and move while the cerebrum affects how we

• Learn to speak

• Find solutions to problems

• Use different kinds of memory

• Digest our food

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How do the ideas in paragraph 3 compare to the ideas in paragraph 2?

• They both describe the size of the brain.

• They both explain how our muscles become active.

• They both show how we learn to play different sports.

• They both explain that parts of the brain have certain jobs.

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Based on the information in the passage, which sentence explains a way we are different from each other?

• We are born with only one kind of memory.

• We tend to use one side of the brain more than the other side.

• We can taste foods that other people are unable to taste at all.

• We each have different ways to send neurons through our bodies.

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