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What controls balance and coordination?

a. brain stem

b. cerebrum

c. cerebellum

The c. cerebellum controls balance and coordination.

200

True or False: When you are learning to do something physically, like dancing or riding a bike, your cerebellum makes small adjustments to improve your performance. 

True, your cerebellum makes small adjustments to help you improve your physical performance.

200

                                                                       

I am the largest part of the brain, divided into two hemispheres. I am sometimes called “the thinking brain.” What am I?

                                                       


    

The largest part of the brain is the cerebrum.

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I am only three inches long, but without me the spinal cord would not be connected to the brain. One of my parts is called the medulla. What am I?

                                                       


    

This is the brain stem.

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I look a lot like the cerebrum, with two hemispheres of my own, but I am much smaller. Without me, you would not be able to balance on one leg. What am I?

                                                       


    

This is the cerebellum.

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True or False: The more you learn, the thicker the cerebral cortex becomes.


True, the more you learn, the thicker the cerebral cortex becomes.

300

The cerebrum is divided into two halves called:

a. atmospheres

b. stratosphere

c. hemispheres

The cerebrum is divided into two halved called c. hemispheres.

300

The left side of your cerebrum controls the ________ side of your body, and the right side of your cerebrum controls the _________ side of your body.

a. right, left

b. left, right

The left side of your cerebrum controls the right side of your body, and the right side of your cerebrum controls the left side of your body.

300

The left hemisphere of your cerebrum is connected to:

a. imagination, music, and shapes

b. language, math, and reading

The left hemisphere of your cerebrum is connected to b. language, math, and reading.

300

The right hemisphere of the cerebrum is associated with:

a. language, math, and reading

b. imagination, music, and shapes

The right hemisphere of the cerebrum is associated with b. imagination, music, and shapes.

400

What is the cranium, and what does it protect?

The cranium is the skull and protects the brain.

400

A full-grown brain weighs about. . .

a. 1 pound

b. 2 pounds

c. 3 pounds

A full-grown brain weighs about c. 3 pounds.

400

Which part of the brain helps relay messages between your brain and spinal cord?

a. brain stem

b. cerebrum

c. cerebellum

The a. brain stem helps relay messages between your brain and spinal cord.

400

The bottom third of your brain stem is responsible for your body's involuntary muscle movement. What is it called?

a. cerebrum

b. medulla

c. cerebellum

The b. medulla is responsible for your body's involuntary muscle movement.

400

The largest part of your brain, called the cerebrum, controls. . . 

a. breathing, sneezing, digestion

b. language, memory, thought, sensations.

The cerebrum controls b. language, memory, thought, sensations.

500

Your spinal cord is connected to your brain by the. . .

a. brain trunk

b. central artery

c. brain stem

Your spinal cord is connected to your brain by the c. brain stem.

500

Why does your brain float in a clear liquid?


The liquid cushions your brain from hitting the sides of your skull.

500

What carries oxygen and water to the brain?

a. nerves

b. skin

c. blood vessels

C. Blood vessels carries oxygen and water to the brain.

500

Humans have___________ brains than animals when compared with their body size.

a. smaller

b. larger

Humans have b. larger brains than animals when compared with their body size.

500

What are the three sections of the brain?

a. medulla, pons, midbrain

b. cortex, lobes, hemispheres

c. brainstem, cerebrum, cerebellum

The three sections are c. brainstem, cerebrum, cerebellum.