QUIZ ON BASIC BRAIN ANATOMY - Appoquinimink High …
QUIZ ON BASIC BRAIN ANATOMY
NAME: _________________________ Date: _______________ Period:____________
Refer to the following diagram of a brain to answer the following questions. If you are writing directly on this quiz paper, circle the letter of the answer that you feel best answers the question. If you are using a scantron form, find the number of each question on the form and use a Number 2 pencil to color in the letter of the option that you feel best answers each question.
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1. The lobe of the brain important for vision is called:
a. the temporal lobe c. the parietal lobe
b. the occipital lobe d. the frontal lobe
2. The lobe of the brain important for the sense of touch is called:
a. the temporal lobe c. the parietal lobe
b. the occipital lobe d. the frontal lobe
3. The lobe of the brain important for hearing is called:
a. the temporal lobe c. the parietal lobe
b. the occipital lobe d. the frontal lobe
4. The lobe of the brain important for reasoning is called:
a. the temporal lobe c. the parietal lobe
b. the occipital lobe d. the frontal lobe
5. The lobe on the diagram labeled 1 is:
a. the temporal lobe c. the parietal lobe
b. the occipital lobe d. the frontal lobe
6. The lobe on the diagram labeled 2 is:
a. the temporal lobe c. the parietal lobe
b. the occipital lobe d. the frontal lobe
7. The lobe on the diagram labeled 3 is:
a. the temporal lobe c. the parietal lobe
b. the occipital lobe d. the frontal lobe
8. The lobe on the diagram labeled 4 is:
a. the temporal lobe c. the parietal lobe
b. the occipital lobe d. the frontal lobe
9. An adult brain weighs approximately:
a. 1 lb. b. 3 lb. c. 5 lb. d. 7 lb.
10. A person's brain is about the size of:
a. their heart b. their stomach c. 1 fist d. 2 fists
Answers: 1.b 2.c 3.a 4.d 5.b 6.c 7.a 8.d 9.b 10. d
Quiz on Neurons
1. A neuron is another name for :
a. person with below average intelligence
b. a nerve cell
c. a skin cell
d. a new car being developed by Ford
Refer to the following diagram to answer the following questions:
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2. The part of the neuron labeled "A" is:
a. an axon c. the myelin sheath
b. a dendrite d. the cell body
3. The part of the neuron labeled "B" is:
a. an axon c. the myelin sheath
b. a dendrite d. the cell body
4. The part of the neuron labeled "C" is:
a. an axon c. the myelin sheath
b. a dendrite d. the cell body
5. The part of the neuron labeled "D" is:
a. an axon c. the myelin sheath
b. a dendrite d. the cell body
6. The role of the axon is:
a. to receive messages
b. to send messages
7. The role of the dendrite is:
a. to receive messages
b. to send messages
8. A synapse is:
a. a special chemical that goes between neurons
b. the shorter part of the neuron, next to the cell body
c. the longer part of the neuron, extending out from the cell
body
d. a gap between two neurons
9. Neurotransmitters are:
a. the outer covering of the dendrite
b. chemicals that go between nerve cells
c. the structure that causes new learning to occur
10. One way for new learning to occur:
a. the synapses have to become closer together
b. the cell body has to become wider
c. new dendrites have to sprout
d. the myelin sheath has to thin out
Answers: 1.b 2.c 3.a 4.d 5.b 6.b 7.a 8.d 9.b 10.c
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