The Brain

5. The outermost layer of the brain, responsible for thinking and perception.
7. This gland controls hormones and helps convert food into energy.
9. The brain's ability to change and adapt in response to learning and experiences.
10. The process by which neurons form and connect through synapses.
11. The lobe of the brain responsible for reasoning, problem-solving, and movement.
14. The part of the brain that stores and forms memories.
15. The part of the brain that regulates emotions such as happiness and anger.

1. This lobe is responsible for vision and is located at the back of the brain.
2. The lobe that helps process sensory information such as touch and temperature.
3. The part of the brain that controls involuntary functions like breathing and heartbeat.
4. The nervous system begins detecting these from the outside world in the second trimester
5. The largest part of the brain, responsible for thinking, memory, and emotions.
6. thousand, The number of synapses per neuron by age three
8. This gland helps control sleep and is activated by light.
12. The lobe responsible for hearing, memory, and language processing.
13. The part of the brain that relays sensory and motor information.