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HHL - Unit 1 Finals Review

Total questions: 93

Worksheet time: 2hrs 33mins

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Class
Date
1.

How much does a human brain weigh?

a)

a. 3 grams

b)

b. 5 pounds

c)

c. 3 pounds

d)

d. 1 gram

2.

Select the part of the brain that is still developing through the early 20s and is important for thinking ahead and sizing up risk and reward (the red light that tries to warn you when you are about to react inappropriately, etc.)

a)

Executive functions

b)

Limbic System

c)

Temporal Lobe

d)

Cortex

3.

Which of the following describe two responsibilities of the midbrain?

a)

Awareness of body and body parts

b)

Senses (Hindbrain)

c)

The midbrain is somewhat of a "relay station"

d)

Senses become organized and conscious (Forebrain)

4.

The adolescent brain comes with many positive attributes such as:

a)

viewing long term outcomes as less important

b)

the courage and interest to explore their surroundings and try new things

c)

an increased likelihood of misinterpreting facial expressions

d)

still fine-tuning connections so it is primed to learn

5.

Neurons are basic working units of the brain.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

People on average have no more than 100,000 neurons. 

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Neurons are designed to transmit information.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The amygdala is the last part of the brain to fully develop.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Neurons communicate with each other chemically formulating interconnected neurons.  

a)

True

b)

False

10.

A typical term for a function carried out by the pre-frontal cortex is executive function.    

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The brain is about the size of a ____________________________.

a)

cantaloupe

b)

orange

c)

lemon

d)

watermelon

12.

The brain develops from ________________________________.

a)

front to back

b)

right brain to left brain

c)

left brain to right brain

d)

back to front

13.

Which part of the brain is the last to develop, around the age of 25 years old?

a)

cortex

b)

limbic system

c)

hindbrain

d)

neurotransmitters

14.

Where terminals from one neuron connect to another neuron’s dendrite it forms a ______________, which is where the signals are transmitted to other neurons.

a)

pre-frontal cortex

b)

limbic system

c)

synapse

d)

neurotransmitters

15.

The limbic system is often referred to as the "emotional brain”. It is involved with:

a)

motivation

b)

emotion

c)

learning and memory

d)

all of the above

16.

The center of the nervous system is the spinal cord. 

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Adolescents are less impulsive than adults. 

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The brain tells the body what to do by sending electric signals through the nerves.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

As a neuron matures it develops an “insulation” around it. This is known as pruning.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

At the synapse, electrical impulses arriving from the axon are converted into chemical signals.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Nerves are long neurons bunched together. 

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Adolescents are more motivated by promise of reward than threat of punishment.  

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The nervous system is divided into four parts. 

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The cerebellum is the largest part of the brain. 

a)

True

b)

False

25.

As teenagers, the emotional side (limbic system) of your brain is not yet fully connected to the front of your brain.  

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The ability to plan for the future/delay gratification declines throughout one’s brain development. 

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Which of the following describe responsibilities of the hindbrain?

a)

processing vision (color, size, motion) (midbrain)

b)

breathing, heartbeat, sleep

c)

processing senses (sight, sound, taste, smell, touch)

d)

emotions (forebrain)

28.

Nerves connect your _____________________ to the rest of your body.

a)

body parts

b)

body parts

c)

reflexes

d)

brain

29.

Approximately, how many neurons does the human brain contain?

a)

The human brain has approximately 100 million neurons.

b)

The human brain has approximately 100 billion neurons.

c)

The human brain has approximately 100,000 neurons.

d)

The human brain has approximately 100 trillion neurons.

30.

Which part of the brain acts as a relay center connecting the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord? 

a)

brainstem

b)

forebrain

c)

occipital lobe

d)

temporal lobe

31.

The _____________________ is the outer layer of the cerebrum divided into four    lobes. 

a)

midbrain

b)

frontal lobe

c)

brain stem

d)

cerebral cortex

32.

Which of the following does a person exhibiting a fixed mindset demonstrate?

a)

embrace challenges

b)

gives up easily

c)

persist in the face of setbacks

d)

avoid challenges

e)

feel threatened by negative feedback

33.

Which of the following describe two responsibilities of the forebrain?

a)

controlling movement (midbrain)

b)

sleep and waking (hindbrain)

c)

planning and executing movements

d)

memory

34.

Which of the following best describes the important functions of myelination? 

a)

ensures that the neuron's "message" moves quickly enabling complex brain processes

b)

ensures pruning occurs by the age of 10 years old.

c)

slows the brain's functioning to ensure developmental stages remain on course.

d)

is important for healthy central nervous system functions.

35.

Which of the following does a person exhibiting a growth mindset demonstrate?

a)

embraces challenges

b)

believe abilities can be improved with practice

c)

see effort as fruitless or worse

d)

believe abilities are fixed and cannot be changed

e)

see effort as path to mastery

36.

Match the vocabulary word (term) with the correct definition. Frontal lobe

a)

Responsible for initiating and coordinating motor movements; higher cognitive skills, such as problem solving, thinking, planning, and organizing; and for many aspects of personality and emotional makeup.

b)

Involved with sensory processes (sense of touch, pain, temperature), interprets language, words, and signals from vision, hearing, motor, sensory, and memory.

c)

Helps to process visual information including recognition of shapes, color, light, and movement.

d)

Understanding language, helps process auditory information and integrate information from the other senses.

37.

Match the vocabulary word (term) with the correct definition. Parietal Lobe

a)

Responsible for initiating and coordinating motor movements; higher cognitive skills, such as problem solving, thinking, planning, and organizing; and for many aspects of personality and emotional makeup.

b)

Involved with sensory processes (sense of touch, pain, temperature), interprets language, words, and signals from vision, hearing, motor, sensory, and memory.

c)

Helps to process visual information including recognition of shapes, color, light, and movement.

d)

Understanding language, helps process auditory information and integrate information from the other senses.

38.

Match the vocabulary word (term) with the correct definition. Occipital Lobe

a)

Responsible for initiating and coordinating motor movements; higher cognitive skills, such as problem solving, thinking, planning, and organizing; and for many aspects of personality and emotional makeup.

b)

Involved with sensory processes (sense of touch, pain, temperature), interprets language, words, and signals from vision, hearing, motor, sensory, and memory.

c)

Helps to process visual information including recognition of shapes, color, light, and movement.

d)

Understanding language, helps process auditory information and integrate information from the other senses.

39.

Match the vocabulary word (term) with the correct definition. Temporal Lobe

a)

Responsible for initiating and coordinating motor movements; higher cognitive skills, such as problem solving, thinking, planning, and organizing; and for many aspects of personality and emotional makeup.

b)

Involved with sensory processes (sense of touch, pain, temperature), interprets language, words, and signals from vision, hearing, motor, sensory, and memory.

c)

Helps to process visual information including recognition of shapes, color, light, and movement.

d)

Understanding language, helps process auditory information and integrate information from the other senses.

40.

Match the vocabulary word (term) with the correct definition. Neuron

a)

Cells that transmit information in the nervous system

b)

The cell’s life support system

c)

Receive messages from other cells

d)

Passes messages away from the cell body to the neurons, muscles, or glands.

41.

Match the vocabulary word (term) with the correct definition. Cell body

a)

Cells that transmit information in the nervous system

b)

The cell’s life support system

c)

Receive messages from other cells

d)

Passes messages away from the cell body to the neurons, muscles, or glands.

42.

Match the vocabulary word (term) with the correct definition. Dendrites

a)

Cells that transmit information in the nervous system

b)

The cell’s life support system

c)

Receive messages from other cells

d)

Passes messages away from the cell body to the neurons, muscles, or glands.

43.

Match the vocabulary word (term) with the correct definition. Axon

a)

Cells that transmit information in the nervous system

b)

The cell’s life support system

c)

Receive messages from other cells

d)

Passes messages away from the cell body to the neurons, muscles, or glands.

44.

Match the vocabulary word (term) with the correct definition. Axon Terminal

a)

Form junctions with other cells

b)

Covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed neural impulses

c)

Electrical signal traveling down the axon

d)

Passes messages away from the cell body to the neurons, muscles, or glands.

45.

Match the vocabulary word (term) with the correct definition. Myelin Sheath

a)

Form junctions with other cells

b)

Covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed neural impulses

c)

Electrical signal traveling down the axon

d)

Passes messages away from the cell body to the neurons, muscles, or glands.

46.

Match the vocabulary word (term) with the correct definition. Neural Impulse

a)

Form junctions with other cells

b)

Covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed neural impulses

c)

Electrical signal traveling down the axon

d)

Passes messages away from the cell body to the neurons, muscles, or glands.

47.

What is an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)?

a)

A sophisticated, yet easy-to-use medical device that can analyze the heart’s rhythm, and if necessary, deliver an electrical shock, or defibrillation, to help the heart re-establish an effective rhythm.

b)

An automated external defibrillator is used to help those with cancer.

c)

It can be placed on a person’s brain to revive the person if the heart stops beating.

d)

An AED is meant for use by medical providers only.

48.

What is memory?

a)

Memories are marked as special in the body.

b)

Memory is the reactivation of a specific group of neurons.

c)

A memory requires release of the neurotransmitter serotonin.

d)

Memory forms in a weakened synapse.

49.

Changing the strength of ________________ or even adding new ones or removing old ones, is critical to memory formation.

a)

neurons

b)

neurotransmitters

c)

dopamine

d)

existing synapses

50.

The ______________ state of the brain includes all mental processes that are inaccessible to the conscious mind.

a)

conscious

b)

preconscious

c)

unconscious

d)

voluntary

51.

How did the removal of HM’s (Henry Molaison) hippocampus impact his memory?

a)

He was no longer able to consolidate new memories for facts and events.

b)

He was no longer pleasant to his co-workers.

c)

He remembered watching old movies.

d)

He was no longer able to remember anything at all.

52.

The location where terminals from one neuron connect to another neuron’s dendrite is called a ______________, which is where the signals are transmitted to other neurons.

a)

pre-frontal cortex

b)

limbic system

c)

synapse

d)

neurotransmitters

53.

Select the answer with the correct words that to complete the sentence.

Neurotransmitters are released from ________________, spread across the _____________, and attach to ______________ on the target cell (usually another a neuron, but can also be a muscle or gland).

a)

nerve terminals, synapse, receptors

b)

the brain, neuron, synapse

c)

dendrites, axon, terminals

d)

the cell body, axon, dendrite

54.

What are the five senses?

a)

Sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch

b)

Hands, eyes, ears, mouth, and nose

c)

Cilia, eyelashes, tongue, fingers, and eardrum

d)

Hearing, taste, touch, eyes, smell

55.

Nerves connect your _____________________ to the rest of your body.

a)

body parts

b)

spinal cord

c)

brain

d)

reflexes

56.

Which part of the brain is referred to as the “emotional” brain?

a)

limbic system

b)

pre-frontal cortex

c)

the boo-who area

d)

brain stem

57.

Select the answer with the correct words that complete the sentence.

At the synapse, _______________ impulses arriving from the axon are converted into __________________ signals.

a)

Nerve, electrical

b)

Electrical, chemical

c)

Chemical, nerve

d)

Chemical, electrical

58.

How do sensations get to the brain?

a)

Sensations get to the brain through the brain’s language.

b)

Sensations get to the brain by having a growth mindset.

c)

Sensations get to the brain through our personal experiences.

d)

Sensations get to the brain through sensory neurons.

59.

What is the sensory homunculus?

a)

The sensory homunculus represents the nerve impulses of the body found in the brain.

b)

The sensory homunculus represents the sensory distribution of the body found in the hindbrain.

c)

The sensory homunculus represents the sensory distribution of the body found in the cerebral cortex in the brain.

d)

The sensory homunculus represents the nerve impulses of the body found in the hindbrain.

60.

What is a consciousness?

a)

The state of a human caused by oxygen deprivation.

b)

Consciousness is like the feeling of being in an auto-pilot type mode.

c)

Dancing is conscious.

d)

The state of wakefulness and awareness; alertness in which most human beings function while not asleep.

61.

What is the difference between declarative and non-declarative memories?

a)

Declarative (implicit) – memories for skills or habits (Riding a bike or driving a car) while Nondeclarative (explicit) is knowing the “what” – memories of facts and events (Paris is the capital of France).

b)

Declarative (explicit) is knowing the “what” – memories of facts and events (Paris is the capital of France) while Nondeclarative (implicit) – memories for skills or habits (Riding a bike or driving a car).

c)

Declarative is knowing exactly what you remember about an event while Nondeclarative memories mean you really don’t remember the event completely.

d)

Declarative (explicit) is knowing memories for skills or habits (Riding a bike or driving a car) while Nondeclarative (implicit) – the “what” – memories of facts and events (Paris is the capital of France).

62.

Fear is a survival mechanism. 

a)

True

b)

False

63.

Memories are not stored in just one part of the brain

a)

True

b)

False

64.

Recovery Heart Rate is the number of times your heart beats per minute when you are not active. 

a)

True

b)

False

65.

Fearful memories can be formed after one incident or only a few repetitions.  

a)

True

b)

False

66.

The sensing organs for each sense send information to the brain to help us understand our surroundings.

a)

True

b)

False

67.

Without oxygen, the heart is the first organ to shut down followed by the brain. 

a)

True

b)

False

68.

The electric shock of an AED greatly reduces the chances of getting the heart to start pumping again. 

a)

True

b)

False

69.

The brain cells for each sense send information to the brain to help us understand our surroundings. 

a)

True

b)

False

70.

You use more of your cerebral cortex to process the feeling of touch in some areas as opposed to other areas.  

a)

True

b)

False

71.

Resting Heartrate is the speed at which your heart rate returns to normal after exercise. 

a)

True

b)

False

72.

AED’s can be used as a part of CPR. 

a)

True

b)

False

73.

The brain controls many body functions without our being aware of them such as respiration, heartbeat, and digestion.   

a)

True

b)

False

74.

The central nervous system is responsible for conscious thought, movement, and sensation.   

a)

True

b)

False

75.

Target Heart Rate is the ideal heart rate range during physical activity. 

a)

True

b)

False

76.

Your vision and hearing ability connect directly to the spinal cord

a)

True

b)

False

77.

You can evoke spinal cord reflexes before you realize anything has happened, this information does not have to get to the brain. 

a)

True

b)

False

78.

How are your memories and senses connected?

a)

A familiar smell or sound may take you back to the memory of a person or event.

b)

Your brain organizes memories tied to events.

c)

Memories connected to other senses are also activated (e.g., the taste and texture of a warm chocolate chip cookie takes you back to grandma’s house).

d)

The spinal cord transmits the memories all over the body.

79.

Select the correct statements about neurotransmitters. (Select 2)

a)

Neurotransmitters are the brain’s chemical messenger.

b)

There is one kind of neurotransmitter.

c)

Neurotransmitters are released from nerve terminals, spread across the synapse, and attach to receptors on the target cell.

d)

Neurotransmitters are released from synapses, spread across nerve terminals, and attach to receptors.

80.

Select the unconscious actions.

a)

Kissing someone

b)

Driving a car for the first time

c)

Attempting to catch a book sliding off the desk in front of you

d)

Going to get a drink of water

81.

Is it possible for Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) to replace CPR? (Select 2)

a)

An AED keeps blood flowing to the brain so CPR is not needed.

b)

An AED can only replace CPR if the battery is fully charged.

c)

CPR is still needed even with an AED present.

d)

When a person goes into cardiac arrest, CPR keeps blood flowing to the brain so it may not be substituted by an AED.

82.

Match the vocabulary word with its respective sense. Frontal Lobe

a)

Smell

b)

Touch and Taste

c)

Vision

d)

Hearing

83.

Match the vocabulary word with its respective sense. Parietal Lobe

a)

Smell

b)

Touch and Taste

c)

Vision

d)

Hearing

84.

Match the vocabulary word with its respective sense. Occipital Lobe

a)

Smell

b)

Touch and Taste

c)

Vision

d)

Hearing

85.

Match the vocabulary word with its respective sense. Temporal Lobe

a)

Smell

b)

Touch and Taste

c)

Vision

d)

Hearing

86.

Match the vocabulary word with its respective definition. Adrenaline

a)

Fight or Flight

b)

Pleasure

c)

Mood

d)

Calming

87.

Match the vocabulary word with its respective definition. Dopamine

a)

Fight or Flight

b)

Pleasure

c)

Mood

d)

Calming

88.

Match the vocabulary word with its respective definition. Serotonin

a)

Fight or Flight

b)

Pleasure

c)

Mood

d)

Calming

89.

Match the vocabulary word with its respective definition. GABA

a)

Fight or Flight

b)

Pleasure

c)

Mood

d)

Calming

90.

Match the vocabulary word with its respective definition. Acetylcholine

a)

Learning

b)

Memory

c)

Euphoria

d)

Concentration

91.

Match the vocabulary word with its respective definition. Glutamate

a)

Learning

b)

Memory

c)

Euphoria

d)

Concentration

92.

Match the vocabulary word with its respective definition. Endorphins

a)

Learning

b)

Memory

c)

Euphoria

d)

Concentration

93.

Match the vocabulary word with its respective definition. Noradrenaline

a)

Learning

b)

Memory

c)

Euphoria

d)

Concentration

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