Test Your Neuroscience Know-how

10 Questions | By DanaFDN | Updated: Mar 22, 2022 | Attempts: 18445

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Are you smarter than a Brain Bee contestant? The following 10 questions were used in high school Brain Bee competitions (live Q&A competitions that test neuroscience knowledge). These competitions can span several rounds, but we’ve decided to start off slow – all the questions are from round one. Can you get to round two? To proceed, you must get seven out of ten questions correct. Good luck!

Questions and Answers

1.

To the closest pound, how heavy is the average adult brain?
- A.
  
  Three pounds
- B.
  
  Two pounds
- C.
  
  One pound
2.

What does the eye’s lens do to the orientation of the visual image?
- A.
  
  Rotates it right
- B.
  
  Rotates it left
- C.
  
  It turns it upside down
3.

About how many nerve cells are in the human brain?
- A.
  
  1 Billion
- B.
  
  10 Billion
- C.
  
  100 Billion
4.

Holding a memory in mind while we think about it is called what type of memory?
- A.
  
  Procedural memory
- B.
  
  Working/short term memory
- C.
  
  Momentary memory
5.

During what period of sleep do we dream?
- A.
  
  Stage IV sleep
- B.
  
  NREM sleep
- C.
  
  REM sleep
6.

Name the contact points where one neuron communicates with another.
- A.
  
  Somas
- B.
  
  Synapses
- C.
  
  Axon terminals
7.

What do you call it when a blood vessel in the brain bursts or suddenly becomes clogged?
- A.
  
  Stroke
- B.
  
  Aneurysm
- C.
  
  Aphasia
8.

What do you call an involuntary, fixed muscle response to a particular stimulus?
- A.
  
  Spasm
- B.
  
  Reflex
- C.
  
  Dystonia
9.

Name the part of the brain that is important for emotional learning and memory and its dysfunction is related to anxiety disorders.
- A.
  
  Amygdala
- B.
  
  Thalamus
- C.
  
  Hippocampus
10.

Name the disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, and disturbances of thought and emotions.
- A.
  
  Manic-depressive disorder
- B.
  
  Huntington’s chorea
- C.
  
  Schizophrenia