Brain facts: sentence matching Look at the jumbled ‘brain facts’ below

and match the half-sentences in the first column to their appropriate

half in the other column.
The brain is over 75% water is called the Neocortex.
We blink 20 000 times a day change rapidly. People learning to juggle
showed brain changes in less than seven
days.
Children who learn two languages before the production of new neurons or brain
the age of five cells.

Studies show that the brains of people so a lack of sleep could actually decrease
who are learning new things your ability to store memories and
information.
Any mental activity results in which means that the human brain itself,
can feel no pain.
About 100 billion neurons that gives us our position at the top of the
food chain.
The brain sorts and stores memories make up the human brain.
while you sleep
There are no pain receiving points in the have a different brain structure from the
brain children who learn only one.
The newest, most rational, and logical so keeping the brain hydrated is very
part of the brain important while studying or exercising.
Brain researchers believe that it is the yet the world does not go dark each time
large Neocortex because the brain keeps it bright and lit.

EXAMPLE:

1. The brain is over 75% water, so keeping the brain hydrated is very important while studying or
exercising.
2 The brain is over 75% water so keeping the brain hydrated is very important while studying or exercising.

3 We blink 20 000 times a day that gives us our position at the top of the food chain.

4 Children who learn two languages before the age of five have a different brain structure from the children
who learn only one.

5 Studies show that the brains of people who are learning new things change rapidly. People learning to
juggle showed brain changes in less than seven days.

6 Any mental activity results in the production of new neurons or brain cells.
7 About 100 billion neurons make up the human brain.

8 The brain sorts and stores memories while you sleep so a lack of sleep could actually decrease your ability
to store memories and information.

9 There are no pain receiving points in the brain which means that the human brain itsell, can feel no pain.

10 The newest, most rational, and logical part of the brain is called the Neocortex.

11 Brain researchers believe that it is the large Neocortex yet the world does not go dark each time because
the brain keeps it bright and lit.