WorksheetsBrain
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What connects the 2 cerebral hemispheres?
a)
Choroid plexus
b)
Cerebral cortex
c)
Corpus callosum
d)
Falx cerebri
2.
What is the largest part of the brain?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Brainstem
d)
Diencephalon
3.
Which lobe is this?
a)
Frontal
b)
Parietal
c)
Occipital
d)
Insula
4.
Which lobe is this?
a)
Frontal
b)
Parietal
c)
Occipital
d)
Insula
5.
Which lobe is this?
a)
Temporal
b)
Parietal
c)
Occipital
d)
Insula
6.
Which lobe is this?
a)
Insula
b)
Parietal
c)
Occipital
d)
Temporal
7.
Which lobe allows us to judge the consequences of our behaviors?
a)
Frontal
b)
Occipital
c)
Temporal
d)
Insula
8.
Which lobe allows us to use words to express what we are thinking or how we are feeling?
a)
Frontal
b)
Parietal
c)
Temporal
d)
Insula
9.
Which lobe allows us to process what we are hearing?
a)
Frontal
b)
Parietal
c)
Temporal
d)
Occipital
10.
Which lobe allows us to process what we are seeing?
a)
Occipital
b)
Parietal
c)
Temporal
d)
Insula
11.
What is the thin layer of gray matter that composes the outer layer of the cerebrum?
a)
Cerebral cortex
b)
Corpus callosum
c)
Falx cerebri
d)
Choroid plexus
12.
What kind of brain matter is located beneath the cerebral cortex?
a)
Gray matter
b)
White matter
c)
Black matter
d)
Rainbow matter
13.
What is gray matter composed of?
a)
Unmyelinated axons and cell bodies
b)
Bundles of myelinated axons
14.
What is white matter composed of?
a)
Unmyelinated axons and cell bodies
b)
Bundles of myelinated axons
15.
Which part of the brain controls balance and body position?
a)
cerebrum
b)
medulla
c)
cerebellum
d)
impluses
16.
Where in your body can you find nerve cells?
a)
brain
b)
spinal cord
c)
neurons
d)
everywhere
17.
The nervous system is composed of the ___, ___, and ___.
a)
heart, brain, kidneys
b)
lungs, liver, stomach
c)
brain, spinal cord, nerves
d)
eyes, pancreas, veins
18.
What is the part highlighted in red?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Brain Stem
d)
Diencephalon
19.
Identify the lobe of the brain
a)
frontal
b)
temporal
c)
occipital
d)
parietal
20.
Concentration, language production, and decision making are features of the ___ lobe in the brain.
a)
Temporal
b)
Frontal
c)
Occipital
d)
Brain stem
21.
The _______ send and receive messages from the brain.
a)
Nerves
b)
Spinal Cord
c)
Brain
22.
This part of the brain is in charge of thinking, learning, talking, plus the five senses
a)
cerebrum
b)
cerebellum
c)
medulla
d)
heart
23.
What is the job of the spinal cord?
a)
To protect your muscles
b)
To communicate from your brain to the rest of your body
c)
To open and close your lungs.
24.
The cerebrum makes up what percentage of the brain's weight?
a)
85%
b)
50%
c)
25%
d)
100%
25.
Which part of the brain controls your voluntary muscles?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Pituitary Gland
d)
Hypothalamus
26.
Which part of the brain is your memory found in?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Pituitary Gland
d)
Brain Stem
27.
Which part of the brain connects the brain to the spinal cord?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Pituitary Gland
d)
Brain Stem
28.
Which part of the brain controls your involuntary muscles?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Pituitary Gland
d)
Brain Stem
29.
Which part of the brain is like your brain's inner thermostat?
a)
Hypothalamus
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Pituitary Gland
d)
Brain Stem
30.
What are the two main sections of the nervous system?
a)
Central & Peripheral Nervous System
b)
Brain & Central Nervous System
c)
Spinal Cord & Peripheral Nervous System
d)
Nose & Ears
31.
What are the millions of microscopic cells that make up the nervous system called?
a)
Neurons
b)
Brain Cells
c)
Nerve Cells
d)
Spinal Cord
32.
Part of the nervous system that acts as a pathway between the brain and the rest of the body
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Spinal Cord
d)
Limbic System
33.
Neurons are separated from each other by a tiny gap called the _____________.
a)
Axon
b)
Dendrites
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Synapse
34.
Chemical messengers called ______________ cross the gap between neurons to send different messages to another neuron.
a)
Axons
b)
Dendrites
c)
Synapse
d)
Neurotransmitters
35.
Neurotransmitters fit into special receptor sites on receiving neuron’s __________________.
a)
Axons
b)
Dendrites
c)
Synapse
d)
Neurotransmitters
36.
Some drugs act as a ___________________, which increases activity in the nervous system (cocaine, caffeine, nicotine)
a)
Stimulants
b)
Depressants
37.
Some drugs can be ____________, which decrease overall activity in the nervous system (alcohol, inhalants)
a)
Stimulants
b)
Depressants
38.
Brain functions and abilities develop over time, and development continues from before birth, until about the age of ______.
a)
5
b)
15
c)
25
d)
35
39.
a)
Thalamus
b)
Corpus Callosum
c)
Medulla
d)
Cerebellum
40.
What makes up all 4 lobes of the brain?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
41.
The Pons and the Medulla are located on the _______.
a)
Parietal Lobe
b)
Corpus Callosum
c)
Brain Stem
d)
Temporal Lobe
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