At birth, your brain was almost the same size as an adult brain and contained most of the brain cells for your whole life.
True
False
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The cerebral cortex grows thicker as you learn to use it.
True
False
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Children who learn two languages before the age of ______ alter their brain structure
3
5
10
18
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
_____________ often to a young child promotes brain development.
Singing
Reading
Listening to music
Exercise
5. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Your brain uses _____% of the total oxygen in your body.
10%
20%
50%
100%
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees F. The highest human body temperature ever recorded on a living person was _____.
102 degrees F
105 degree F
110 degrees F
115 degrees F
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A study of one million students showed that students who ate lunches that did not include _____________ did better on IQ tests than students who ate lunches with these additives.
caffeine
artificial flavors
sugar
cheese
8. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Just because you don’t remember your dreams doesn’t mean you don’t dream.
True
False
9. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Music lessons increase brain organization and ability in both children and adults.
True
False
10. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
It isn’t until about the age of 25 that the human brain reaches full maturity.
True
False
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
In general, men’s brains are 10% bigger than women’s, even after taking into account larger body size.
True
False
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The average attention span is ____ seconds compared to the 9-second attention span of the average goldfish.
5
8
15
25
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The popular myth that we use only 10% of our brains is flat-out wrong. Brain scans clearly show that we use most of our brain most of the time, even when we’re sleeping.
True
False
Unknown
14. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Your brain’s storage capacity is considered virtually unlimited.
True
False
Unknown
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Our brains are getting larger. Over the past 10-20,000 years, the size of the average human brain has grown 20%.