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Brain Skills

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Controls motivational behaviors, including: feeding, fight-flight response
a)
Hippocampus
b)
Amygdala
c)
Reticular Formation
d)
Hypothalamus
2.
a)
Corpus Callosum
b)
Amygdala
c)
Thalamus
d)
Hypothalamus
3.
The brain contains BILLIONS of these
a)
neurotransmitters
b)
axons
c)
myelin sheath
d)
neurons
4.

What is a nerve cell?

a)

axon

b)

neuron

c)

dendrite

d)

myelin

5.

The brain is covered in a membrane called:

a)

choroid plexus.

b)

meninges.

c)

ventricles.

d)

cerebral aqueduct.

6.

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

7.

Responsible for the conscious perception of visual input.

a)

Corpus callosum

b)

Auditory Cortex

c)

Visual Cortex

d)

Motor cortex

8.

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

9.

Responsible for the conscious perception of sound

a)

Thalamus

b)

Auditory Cortex

c)

Sensory Cortex

d)

Hypothalamus

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

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.

Ja'Mea's attention span and behavior was limited after Brayden accidently took the wrong lobe of her brain.

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

17.

What part of the brain is colored green?

a)

Frontal lobe

b)

Occipital lobe

c)

Temporal lobe

d)

Parietal lobe

18.

What part of the brain is colored yellow?

a)

Temporal lobe

b)

Occipital lobe

c)

Frontal lobe

d)

Parietal lobe

19.

What part of the brain is colored red?

a)

Frontal lobe

b)

Occipital lobe

c)

Parietal lobe

d)

Temporal lobe

20.

What part of the brain is colored blue?

a)

Occipital lobe

b)

Frontal lobe

c)

Parietal lobe

d)

Temporal lobe

21.

If Mrs. Williams were to have a stroke and lose their ability to speak. Which lobe of the brain is affected?

a)

Occipital

b)

Frontal

c)

Temporal

d)

Parietal

22.

Which lobe of the brain will recognize places?

a)

Frontal

b)

Parietal

c)

Temporal

d)

Occipital

23.

Which part of the brain allows us to recall or remember information?

a)

Frontal

b)

Parietal

c)

Temporal

d)

Occipital

24.

Damage to the brain at the ____ lobe may cause visual problems.

a)

Parietal

b)

Frontal

c)

Temporal

d)

Occipital

25.

What organs make the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?

a)

Organs & Limbs

b)

Brain & Spinal Cord

c)

Motor Neurons & Cerebrum

d)

Sensory Neurons & Medulla Oblongata

26.

What organs make up the Central Nervous System? (CNS)

a)

Organs & Limbs

b)

Brain & Spinal Cord

c)

Cerebellum

d)

Sensory Neurons

27.
What part of the brain controls smell?
a)
Medulla Oblongata
b)
Temporal Lobe
c)
Olfactory Lobe
d)
Cerebellum
28.

The _________ half of the brain controls the left half of the body and the ____________ half of the brain controls the __________ half of the body.

a)

rigth, rigth, left.

b)

left, right, left.

c)

right, left, right.

d)

left, left, right

29.

Antuane was having heart problems. He will need to see a specialist who went to school to study:

a)

biology

b)

anthropology

c)

ecology

d)

cardiology

30.

Kamiah will be going to school to study the brain. The study of the brain is know as:

a)

psychology

b)

sociology

c)

anthropology

d)

graphology

31.

A horizontal line on a coordinate plane

a)

coordinate Plane

b)

y-axis

c)

x-axis

d)

Cardi B

32.

A vertical line on a coordinate plane

a)

independent

b)

y-axis

c)

range

d)

Histogram

33.

a graphical display of data using DOTS and number line

a)

x- axis

b)

box plot

c)

dot plot

d)

coordinate plane

34.

A fraction is....

a)

a break in a part of the body

b)

a part of a whole

c)

an incomplete sentence

d)

a broken rule

35.

During the long airplane trip Mitzi was very annoyed by the_____________________  child who kept running up and down the aisle shouting!

a)

Hyperactive

b)

hyperbole

c)

hypercritical

d)

hyperextend