T - F Study Guide
T - F Study Guide
1. The sensing organs for each sense send information to the brain to help us understand
our surroundings.
3. The brain tells the body what to do by sending electrical signals through the nerves.
4. While you sleep, the cortex reactivates repeatedly, and the hippocampus organizes the
6. Naloxone Nasal Spray is an effective treatment used to avoid opioid overdose and
death.
7. Cutting back on the use of social media, spending time face-to-face with family and
friends, and participating in enjoyable activities are all strategies for reducing the risk of
teen depression.
9. Endogenous opioids like endorphins and enkephalins are created naturally in the body.
11. The four main things a person can do to practice positive brain maintenance and
promote learning are sleep, exercise regularly, eat healthy foods, and manage stress.
12. Coughing, bronchitis, and shortness of breath are all acute lung effects of vaping or e-
cigarette use.
13. Withdrawal symptoms are opposite of what the person experiences when on the drug.
14. Generally speaking, anxiety is a normal reaction that everyone experiences from time to
15. Different drugs have different effects because of their chemical structures.
16. There is not a neural basis for addiction.
17. As teenagers, the emotional side (limbic system) of your brain is not yet fully connected
18. Nicotine has been proven to be less addictive than cocaine and heroin.
20. Executive function is a term used to describe the complex functions carried out by the
pre-frontal cortex.
21. You can evoke spinal cord reflexes before you realize anything has happened, this
22. Memories are not stored in just one part of the brain.
23. Tetrahydrocannabinol – THC levels have remained the same for 50 years.
24. There is no accepted medical use for hallucinogen drugs; nobody is permitted to
25. Marijuana mimics the effect of endogenous cannabinoids in the human brain.
26. At the synapse, electrical impulses arriving from the axon are converted into chemical
signals.
27. Alcohol use is extremely harmful for teens because they are exposing the brain to
28. Adolescents are more motivated by the promise of a reward than the threat of
punishment.
30. Depression is more than sadness and can affect people’s eating and sleeping habits,