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PLTW 2.4 MD The Control Center

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Responsible for the voluntary control of your skeletal muscles, the muscles we can move and control.

a)

motor cortex

b)

Occipital lobes

c)

Thalamus

d)

Auditory cortex

2.

Receive info about smells from the nose and send it to the brain

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Olfactory bulbs/tracts

c)

Visual Cortex

d)

Sensory cortex

3.

Responsible for balance, movement, and coordination.

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Thalamus

c)

Corpus callosum

d)

Cerebrum

4.

Responsible for the conscious perception of visual input.

a)

Corpus callosum

b)

Auditory Cortex

c)

Visual Cortex

d)

Motor cortex

5.

Responsible for visual perception and are involved in some forms of visual, short-term memory

a)

Occipital lobes

b)

Temporal lobes

c)

Parietal lobes

d)

Hupothalamus

6.

Responsible for the conscious perception of sound

a)

Thalamus

b)

Auditory Cortex

c)

Sensory Cortex

d)

Hypothalamus

7.

Receive visual stimuli from the eyes and relay this information to the visual cortex in the occipital lobe.

a)

Visual Cortex

b)

Optic nerves and chiasm

c)

Cerebellum

d)

Hypothalamus

8.

Controls body temperature, thirst, appetite, sleep patterns, and other processes in our bodies that happen automatically.

a)

Thalamus

b)

Basal nuclei

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Midbrain

9.

Responsible for processing smell and sound, as well as the ability to recognize and understand words and language. They are also involved in visual memory.

a)

temporal lobe

b)

occipital lobe

c)

parietal lobe

d)

frontal lobe

10.

Carries messages from the sensory organs like the eyes, ears, nose, and fingers to the cerebrum.

a)

Thalamus

b)

Hypothalamus

c)

Limbic system

d)

Midbrain

11.

Responsible for sensing touch, spatial processing, language, and memory

a)

Brain stem

b)

Temporal lobes

c)

Parietal lobes

d)

Frontal lobes

12.

Responsible for all reasoning, planning, memory, and sensory processing. All conscious thought originates here.

a)

motor cortex

b)

occipital lobes

c)

corpus callosum

d)

cerebrum

13.

Broad band of nerve fibers that connect the left and right cerebral hemisphere

a)

Thualmus

b)

Corpus callosum

c)

Auditory Cortex

d)

Cerebrum

14.

Responsible for the conscious perception of touch, pressure, vibration, pain, temperature, and taste.

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Sensory Cortex

c)

Olfactory bulbs/tracts

d)

Optic nerves and chiasm

15.

Responsible for many roles in the behavior and personality, such as planning, initiated movements, social and emotional processing, and attention, as well roles in memory retrieval and storage.

a)

Frontal Lobes

b)

Brain stem

c)

Temporal lobes

d)

Parietal lobes

16.

Takes in, sends out, and coordinates all of the brain's messages. It controls the body's vital functions, such as heartbeat, breathing, swallowing, and digestion.

a)

Frontal Lobes

b)

Temporal Lobes

c)

Cerebrum

d)

Brain Stem