WorksheetsBrain Facts
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
At birth, your brain was almost the same size as an adult brain and contained most of the brain cells for your whole life.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
The cerebral cortex grows thicker as you learn to use it.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Children who learn two languages before the age of ______ alter their brain structure
a)
3
b)
5
c)
10
d)
18
4.
_____________ often to a young child promotes brain development.
a)
Singing
b)
Reading
c)
Listening to music
d)
Exercise
5.
Your brain uses _____% of the total oxygen in your body.
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
50%
d)
100%
6.
Normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees F. The highest human body temperature ever recorded on a living person was _____.
a)
102 degrees F
b)
105 degree F
c)
110 degrees F
d)
115 degrees F
7.
A study of one million students showed that students who ate lunches that did not include _____________ did better on IQ tests than students who ate lunches with these additives.
a)
caffeine
b)
artificial flavors
c)
sugar
d)
cheese
8.
Just because you don’t remember your dreams doesn’t mean you don’t dream.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Music lessons increase brain organization and ability in both children and adults.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
It isn’t until about the age of 25 that the human brain reaches full maturity.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
In general, men’s brains are 10% bigger than women’s, even after taking into account larger body size.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
The average attention span is ____ seconds compared to the 9-second attention span of the average goldfish.
a)
5
b)
8
c)
15
d)
25
13.
The popular myth that we use only 10% of our brains is flat-out wrong. Brain scans clearly show that we use most of our brain most of the time, even when we’re sleeping.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Unknown
14.
Your brain’s storage capacity is considered virtually unlimited.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Unknown
15.
Our brains are getting larger. Over the past 10-20,000 years, the size of the average human brain has grown 20%.
a)
True
b)
False
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