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Brain Safety
The Nervous System
100

This is the largest part of the brain.

What is the Cerebrum

100

The left side of your brain controls the _______ side of your body.

What is the right side.

100

The column of bone which surrounds and protects the spinal cord

What is the spine

100

This protects your brain when you are riding in a car.

What is a seatbelt.

100

This is the most important part of the Nervous System.

What is the brain.

200

What are the 3 main parts of the brain

What is the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the brain stem.

200

This part is under your cerebrum and sounds like a girl's name.

What is the cerebellum.

200

These are pathways that conduct impulses toward or away from the brain. Ouch! That's hot!

What are nerves.

200

Diving into water that is too ______________ can cause a severe brain injury.

What is "shallow."

200

This part of the Nervous System is sometimes called a highway for neurons travelling back and forth from the brain.

What is the spinal cord.

300

A typical human brain weighs about ____ pounds.

What is 3.

300

The right side of your brain controls the ______ side of your body.

What is the left side.

300

This hard structure protects the brain

What is the skull

300

If you are skateboarding, you should be wearing a

___________.

What is a helmet.

300

This bony part of the Nervous System protects the spinal cord. 

What is the spine.

400

This part of the brain connects to the spinal cord.

What is the brain stem.

400

This runs down your spine and sends messages to the brain at a very fast rate of speed.

What is the spinal cord.

400

This part of the brain controls breathing and heart rate.

What is the brain stem

400

If you take illegal ____________, it can cause brain damage.

What is drugs.

400

This part of the Nervous System comes off the spinal cord and runs down your arms and legs.

What is the nerves.

500

Your brain can generate enough energy to power a _____ _____.

What is a lightbulb

500

Located in front of the cerebellum. It is attached to the spinal cord. I call it the carrot. 

What is the brain stem.

500

The largest part of the brain.

What is the cerebrum.

500

What popular sport would be extremely dangerous for  the brain if players did not wear a helmet?

What is football, baseball, ice hockey

500

What part of the Nervous System tells your hand not to touch a hot stove?

What is the brain.

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