Neuroscience Quiz Show

1. Neuroscience Quiz Show Georgia CTAE Resource Network Instructional Resources Office July 2009

2. Getting Wired Brain Facts Brain Anatomy Brain Map Prime Times 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5

3. Getting Wired 1 for 1 Question: Nerve cells in the brain Check Your Answer

4. Getting Wired 1 for 1 Answer: What are Neurons? Back to the Game Board

5. Getting Wired for 2 Question: The sender – A long ending of a neuron that sends information Check Your Answer

6. Getting Wired 1 for 2 Answer: What are axons Back to the Game Board

7. Getting Wired 1 for 3 Question: The receiver – short nerve projections from the cell body that receive information Check Your Answer

8. Getting Wired 1 for 3 Answer: What are dendrites? Back to the Game Board

9. Terms 1 for 4 Question: A connecting place where information is delivered Check Your Answer

10. Getting Wired 1 for 4 Answer: What are synapses? Back to the Game Board

11. Getting Wired 1 for 5 Question: Insulation/Coating to prevent short-circuiting between neurons Check Your Answer

12. Getting Wired 1 for 5 Answer: What is the Myelin Sheath or Myelination? Back to the Game Board

13. Facts for 1 Question: Creates neuron connections Check Your Answer

14. Facts 2 for 1 Answer: What are experiences? Back to the Game Board

15. Facts 2 for 2 Question: By age three, this many connections exist. Check Your Answer

16. Facts 2 for 2 Answer: What is 1,000 Trillion? Back to the Game Board

17. Facts 2 for 3 Question: A three pound universe Check Your Answer

18. Facts 2 for 3 Answer: What is the brain? Back to the Game Board

19. Facts 2 for 4 Question: Every neuron can make between 5,000 and 50,000 of these. Check Your Answer

20. Facts 2 for 4 Answer: What are brain connections? Synapses Back to the Game Board

21. Facts 2 for 5 Question: Connections used repeatedly become PERMANENT. Those that are seldom or never used get _________________. Check Your Answer

22. Facts 2 for 5 Answer: What is pruned or weeded out? Back to the Game Board

23. Brain Anatomy for 1 Question: On the side of the brain, near the ears, processes auditory stimuli, which affect speech, hearing, and development of language… Check Your Answer

24. Brain Anatomy for 1 Answer: What is temporal lobe? Back to the Game Board

25. Brain Anatomyfor 2 Question: At the back of the brain, processes vision and how you interpret what you see. It matures very early Check Your Answer

26. Brain Anatomy for 2 Answer: What is the occipital lobe? Back to the Game Board

27. Brain Anatomyfor 3 Question: Toward the back of the brain, at the crown, interprets and integrates information from the senses… Check Your Answer

28. Brain Anatomyfor 3 Answer: What is parietal lobes? Back to the Game Board

29. Brain Anatomyfor 4 Question: Just behind the forehead, contains olfactory (smell) centers and handles working memory, higher level thinking, reasoning, and problem solving… Check Your Answer

30. Brain Anatomyfor 4 Answer: What is frontal lobes? Back to the Game Board

31. Brain Anatomyfor 5 Question: The corpus callosum is a bundle of nerve fibers that work like a coordinator between the two sides of the brain called…. Check Your Answer

32. Brain Anatomyfor 5 Answer: What are the left and right hemispheres? Back to the Game Board

33. Brain Map for 1 Question: Represents 70% of the central nervous system, divided into 4 lobes and two hemispheres Check Your Answer

34. Brain Mapfor 1 Answer: What is the Cerebrum? Back to the Game Board

35. Brain Mapfor 2 Question: This regulates an infant’s basic movements Check Your Answer

36. Brain Mapfor 2 Answer: What is the Sensorimotor Cortex? Back to the Game Board

37. Brain Mapfor 3 Question: This is the control center for emotions. Check Your Answer

38. Brain Mapfor 3 Answer: What is the Limbic System? Back to the Game Board

39. Brain Mapfor 4 Question: This controls balance, muscle tone, and coordination. Check Your Answer

40. Brain Mapfor 4 Answer: What is the Cerebellum? Back to the Game Board

41. Brain Mapfor 5 Question: Works in conjunction with the spinal cord to control functions such as blood pressure and breathing. It processes information coming into the brain from the nervous system. Check Your Answer

42. Brain Mapfor 5 Answer: What is the brain stem? Back to the Game Board

43. Prime Times 5 for 1 Question: We learn things most easily during certain times (ages). Check Your Answer

44. Prime Times 5 for 1 Answer: What are Windows of Opportunity? Back to the Game Board

45. Prime Times 5 for 2 Question: By the age of 5, the child’s brain has reached ____% of its adult weight. Check Your Answer

46. Prime Times 5 for 2 Answer: What is 90? Back to the Game Board

47. Prime Times 5 for 3 Question: The best time for children to learn a second language Check Your Answer

48. Prime Times 5 for 3 Answer: What is birth – 10 years Back to the Game Board

49. Prime Times 5 for 4 Question: During this time, babies need to see shapes, colors, objects at varying distances, and movement. Check Your Answer

50. Prime Times 5 for 4 Answer: What is Birth to 4 Years? Back to the Game Board