Senses
The Nervous System and the Brain
Neurons
More Nervous System
Teenage hormones
100
Name the 5 senses.
What are sight, smell/olfaction, hearing, taste and touch?
100
Name this type of nervous system?
What is the Central Nervous System (CNS)?
100
Name this cell.
What is a nerve cell or neuron?
100
Name the system that controls everything you do?
What is the nervous system?
100
Name the female hormones that fluctuate in adolescence that cause mood swings?
What are estrogen and progesterone?
200
Name the 5 sensory organs.
What are the eye, nose, skin, tongue and ear?
200
Name this type of nervous system?
The peripheral nervous system.
200
Name the neurons that send electrical impulses via messages from the sensory organ to the brain or spinal cord so that the brain or spinal cord can react?
What are sensory neurons?
200
Name the 3 parts that make up the nervous system.
What are the brain, spinal cord and nerves?
200
Name the male hormones that fluctuate in adolescence that cause mood swings?
What is testosterone?
300
Shining light, loud noise, eating something sweet, looking at something appealing/not appealing, a hot flame getting too close to the skin, the smell of roses or the smell of a fart, etc.
What are these?
What are stimuli (stimulus)?
300
The lobe represented in pink is in charge of visual processing. What is this lobe called?
What is the occipital lobe?
300
Name the neurons that send electrical impulses via messages from the brain/spinal cord to the muscles so they can react.
What are motor neurons?
300
Which part of the body is the control center of the nervous system?
What is the brain?
300
What is the leading cause of illness and disability among adolescents?
What is depression is one of the leading causes of illness and disability among adolescents.
400
Name the type of neurons that RECEIVE stimuli from the environment.
What are receptor neurons?
400
The lobe represented in blue is in charge of decision making, movement and learning a language. What is it called?
What is the frontal cortex?
400
What is this process called?
What is a reflex or reflex arc?
400
How much in kg does a typical brain weigh on average?
What is approximately 1.5kg?
400
What is the third leading cause of death in 15-19-year-olds?
What is suicide is the third leading cause of death in 15-19-year-olds?
500
If one person lose one sense do the others get stronger?
What is yes the other senses do get stronger as the brain has extra neurons that can be used to enhance them.
500
The lobe represented in green is in charge of processing auditory information (hearing). What is it called?
What is the temporal lobe?
500
What is this process called?
What is a reaction?
500
The brain creates connections or pathways between microscopic cells. Name these cells?
What are nerve cells or neurons?
500
In 2018, which were the most popular online platforms used by teenagers?
What are You Tube, Instagram and Snapchat?