Name_______________________
Date________________
Hr______
Bill Nye Nervous System
Fill in the blanks or choose the right word to complete the sentences from the video.
1. Humans have the largest __________________ of all animals.
2. T/F: You only use 10% of your brain.
True
False
3. The brain sends information through the ______________ _______________ ________________.
4. _____________ ___________ send electrical signals all throughout the body.
5. Everything that you can _____________________ from the past is stored in your brain.
6. Why is your reaction time faster when you drop the ruler versus when someone else drops the ruler
between your fingers?
7. The brain, nervous system and spinal cord ___________________ all of an animals body functions.
8. Short term and long term are two of the four types of _______________________.
9. What is ancestral memory? Give an example.
10. Eidetic memory is also called ______________________ memory.
11. All of the different regions of the brain have a different _________________.
12. What does the cerebellum help with?
13. The olfactory cortex is involved with which function?
14. Which lobe supports hearing?
15. The spinal cord connects to all of your _________________ and tells you when to move.
16. The brain is _______________ so that it can fit into your skull and store a lot of information.
17. Information is stored and _____________________ in the brain.
18. A(n) _____________ uses magnets and radio waves to take pictures of the brain.
19. The right side of the brain controls _______________ side of the body and the left side of the brain
controls the _______________ side of the body.
20. T/F: We have the same number of brain cells as we do from when we’re born to when we’re old.
21. The brain DOES / DOES NOT grow new cells even if they have been damaged.
22. What kinds of activities can kill brain cells?
23. The ___________________ is the part of the brain that controls your speech.
24. T/F: Your brain is as active when you sleep as when you’re awake.
25. When you burn your hand on something hot, the signals travel from the CNS / PNS to the CNS / PNS and
back to the CNS / PNS.