Alzheimers

Alzheimer/ Brain Facts

100

Alzheimer's Association What Color Represents them? 

Purple 

200

The Brain has ____ main parts? A3 B4 C5 

3 

300

What age do people get Alzheimer's? A) 55 B) 60 C) 65 and above

D) 65 and above

400

The _____  sits at the back of your head.  It controls coordination and balance.

 cerebellum, cerebrum, brain stem

cerebellum

500

With each heartbeat, arteries carry about _____ percent of your blood to your brain. 

A 10-15 %

B 20-25% 

C 30-35%

20 to 25 %

Alzheimers Cells

100

What are the cells that effect the brain? A) Red Blood Cells B) White Blood Cells C) Nerve Cells

C) Nerve Cells

200

How many cells are in the average male brain? 

A) 700 million B) 17 billion C) 171 billion

There are roughly 171 billion cells in the average male brain

300

what is the part in the brain that is not able to send messages? A) Hippocampus B) Cerebellum C) Cerebrum D) Neurotransmitter E) Chemical Messengers

D) Neurotransmitter

400

Dying nerve cells contain ______, which are made up of twisted strands of another protein.

A) tangles B) Plaques C) knots 

tangles

500

What does the Hippocampus do? A)Helps learn names B)Learn new information C)Motor coordination and Balance D)Anxiety, Emotions and Fear

B)Learn new information

DNA and Genes

100

What are other factors that are part of genes? A) high blood pressure B) high cholesterol C) down syndrome D) having a head injury E) All of the above

E) All of the above

200

DNA is made of chemical building blocks called ___.  

A) Double Helix

B) Nucleotides 

C) Peptides 

Nucleotides

300

DNA was First Discovered in ___ A 1869 B 1899 B 1904

1869

400

How does a DNA look like A) Twisted latter B) A Tall Tree C) Branch D) A Brick

A) Twisted latter

500

Genes tell the body how to build specific_____. 

Proteins 

What do you know about cells

100

What is the jelly like material known as? A)Mitochondria B) Lyosome C) Vacuole D) Cyptoplasm

D) Cyptoplasm

200

In______, a single cell splits into two new cells that are just like it.

A.  binary fission 

B. Mitosis 

C. Apoptosis 

Binary fission 

300

_______ were the earliest and most basic forms of life on Earth A Protozoa B Amoeba C Prokaryotes

Prokaryotes

400

What is the the spherical body filled with organelles A) Nucleus B) Nucleolus C) Cytoplasm D) Lysosome

A) Nucleus

500

What is the shape of Lysosome? A) Circle B) Rectangle C) Triangle D) Diamonds

B) Rectangle

Fun Facts About Random Things

100

Scotland chose the ____ as its national animal

ram unicorn sheep  

unicorn 

200

A shrimps heart is located where? 

A Arm B Head C Tail 

In its head 

300

True or False Fruit Loops are the same flavor despite being different colors ? 

True

400

Mcdonalds serves what nontraditional item on its menu in the Philippines?  

A MCCobb corn on the cobb 

B McSpaghetti

C   McLobster 

McSpaghetti

500

 What was once an olympic sport? 

A competitive art 

B Cricket 

C Tug of War

From 1912 to 1948, artists could earn medals for painting, music, sculpture, and even architecture.

completive art