WorksheetsBrain Parts 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3hrs 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the most evolved part of the brain?
a)
Amygdala
b)
Prefrontal Cortex
c)
Hippocampus
d)
Sympathetic nervous system
2.
How long does it take our brain to mature?
a)
5 years
b)
18 years
c)
13 years
d)
25 years
3.
What part of the brain keeps us safe by alerting us to danger?
a)
Amygdala
b)
Hippocampus
c)
Prefrontal Cortex
d)
Sympathetic nervous system
4.
________________________is where memories go to make sense.
a)
Amygdala
b)
Prefrontal Cortex
c)
Hippocampus
d)
Sympathetic Nervous system
5.
What system in the brain is responsible for the fight/flight/freeze response?
a)
Amygdala
b)
Prefrontal Cortex
c)
Hippocampus
d)
Sympathitic Nervous System
6.
Where is the Prefrontal Cortex situated in your brain?
a)
In the back near the spine
b)
Right behind your forehead
c)
In the center
d)
On the right side
7.
The Prefrontal Cortex is responsible for:
a)
Problem solving
b)
Attention and focus
c)
Self-control
d)
All the above
8.
Teen love is, in fact, a profound addiction that steals the reward system of the brain and rejection can be likened to going through withdrawal. What chemical is increases when you fall in love?
a)
Dopamine
b)
Nucleus Acumens
c)
Serotonin
d)
All the above
9.
What time of life is the perfect time to foster abilities such as creativity, empathy, and self-regulation?
a)
Young children
b)
After 50 years old
c)
Adolescence
d)
After 18 years old
10.
Lobe that is involved in sensing touch, as well as spatial processing, language, and memory.
a)
frontal
b)
temporal
c)
parietal
d)
occipital
11.
Coordinates muscle movements and is important to learning and performing skilled movements.
a)
hypothalamus
b)
thalamus
c)
cerebellum
d)
cerebrum
12.
Controls behaviors (hunger, thirst, sleep, body temperature) through the release of hormones.
a)
hypothalamus
b)
thalamus
c)
adrenal glands
d)
pineal gland
13.
Involved in emotional responses like recognizing facial expressions of fear.
a)
amygdala
b)
basal ganglia
c)
brainstem
d)
medulla oblongata
14.
Controls cardiac and respiratory function.
a)
midbrain
b)
pons
c)
brainstem
d)
medulla oblongata
15.
Lobe that interprets vision (visual perception).
a)
parietal
b)
temporal
c)
frontal
d)
occipital
16.
Controls all endocrine glands and is primary hormone secreting structure in the brain. Controls the hypothalamus.
a)
pituitary gland
b)
pineal gland
c)
amygdala
d)
thalamus
17.
Hemisphere that is associated with Verbal and Mathematical abilities
a)
Left Hemisphere
b)
Right Hemisphere
18.
Known as the "Little Brain" and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements
a)
Thalamus
b)
Reticular Formation
c)
Hypothalamus
d)
Cerebellum
19.
Controls hearing, and language comprehension
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Temporal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Parietal Lobe
20.
A person has difficulty speaking possibly due to a stroke.
a)
Broca's Aphasia
b)
Wernicke's Aphasia
c)
Visual Agnosia
d)
Neglect Syndrome
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