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Brain Quiz

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What part of the brain is located behind the forehead?
a)
prefrontal cortex
b)
amygdala
c)
parietal lobe
d)
occipital lobe
2.
Which of the following tasks is the prefrontal cortext in charge of?
a)
hunger
b)
anger
c)
thinking
d)
crying
3.
What are the amygdala shaped like?
a)
candy canes
b)
Hershey kisses
c)
circles
d)
almonds
4.
What is the amygdala in charge of?
a)
solving problems
b)
making predictions
c)
emotions
d)
finding solutions
5.
At what age does the prefrontal cortex fully develop?
a)
13
b)
18
c)
21
d)
25+
6.
Known as the "Little Brain" and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements
a)
Thalamus
b)
Reticular Formation
c)
Hypothalamus
d)
Cerebellum
7.
A person has a stroke on her occipital lobe.  What might happen to her?
a)
reduced planning abilities
b)
deafness
c)
coma
d)
blindness
8.
Damage to the medulla would most likely result in 
a)
impaired planning abilities
b)
death
c)
a coma
d)
blindness
9.
Makes decisions, plans, reasons, and carries out behaviors
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Temporal Lobe
10.
Possesses the Sensory Cortex
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Occipital Lobe
c)
Temporal Lobe
d)
Parietal Lobe
11.
A tumor on the temporal lobe would most affect the career of 
a)
an architect
b)
a musician
c)
a professor
d)
a researcher
12.
Damage to the cerebellum would most affect the career of
a)
an architect
b)
a teacher
c)
an athlete
d)
a librarian
13.
Controls hearing, and language comprehension
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Temporal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Parietal Lobe
14.
a)
frontal
b)
temporal
c)
occipital
d)
parietal
15.
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Brain Stem
d)
Diencephalon
16.

What functions does this lobe carry out?

a)

Hearing and auditory processing

b)

Vision and visual processing

c)

Processing fear

d)

Personality, concentration, emotional reactions, smell, movement of the body

17.
This lobe receives and processes visual information and then sends it to other parts of the brain for further processing and storage.
a)
Occipital Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Temporal Lobe
d)
Frontal Lobe
18.
The human brain contains billions of neurons. What is a synonym for "neuron"?
a)
gland
b)
hemisphere
c)
organ
d)
nerve cell
19.
If your temporal lobe was damaged, what might happen to you? You would have trouble _______.
a)
breathing
b)
processing speech
c)
remembering things
d)
controlling body temperature
20.

How many neurons are there in the human brain?

a)

100,000

b)

10,000

c)

100,000,000,000

d)

10

21.

The following are the four techniques used to study the brain

a)

PET, MRI, FIS, RT

b)

MRI, EEG, FIS, RT

c)

PET, MRI, EEG, CT

d)

EEG, CT, ROS, FOB

22.

The cortical regions at the back of the brain, housing the visual cortex

a)

Temporal Lobe

b)

Occipital Lobe

c)

Frontal Lobe

d)

Parietal Lobe

23.

How do the parts of the brain communicate?

a)

snapchat

b)

molecular transference

c)

cells

d)

neurons

24.

What makes up the central nervous system?

a)

brain and spinal chord

b)

lungs and heart

c)

arms and legs

d)

eyes and ears

25.

The band of nerve cells that connects the two cerebral hemispheres

a)

motor cortex

b)

somatosensory cortex

c)

corpus collosum

d)

medulla

26.

Part of the cortex that processes speech and sound

a)

Auditory Cortex

b)

Motor Cortex

c)

Visual Cortex

d)

Somo Cortex

27.

The visual processing areas of the cortex in the occipital and temporal lobes

a)

Auditory Cortex

b)

Motor Cortex

c)

Visual Cortex

d)

Somatosensory Cortex

28.

Involved in establishing long-term memories

a)

Pons

b)

Hippocampus

c)

Amygdala

d)

Medulla

29.

Structure involved in memory and emotion, particularly fear and aggression

a)

Amygdala

b)

Pons

c)

Medulla

d)

Thalamus

30.

How many lobes make up the brain?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

4

d)

6

31.

Nearly all the messages going into or out of the brain go through this relay station

a)

Thalamus

b)

Pons

c)

Amygdala

d)

Medulla

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