Brain Basics                                                        Name: ______________

Worksheet                                                           Date:  __________

 

 

How much does the human brain weigh?

 

  

How many neurons (brain cells) are there in the human brain?

 

 

What is the wrinkled outside part of the brain called?

 

 

Name one thing that the Frontal Lobe does:

 

 

Temporal Lobe:

 

 

Occipital Lobe:

 

 

Parietal Lobe:

 

 

Cerebellum:

 

 

Brainstem:

 

 

Label the four lobes of the cerebral cortex, cerebellum and brainstem on the following diagram:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neurons                                                                      Name: ______________

HW Worksheet                                                           Date: ___________

 

 

List two properties that neurons share with the other cells of the body.

 

 

List one way that neurons are different from other cells in the body.

 

 

 

Label the cell body, the dendrites, the axon and synapse of the following neuron: