True or False Questions about Science — page 3
377 true or false questions with answers, all ages. Quick statements to judge true or false — great for fast rounds. Reveal the answers below, pick one at random, or present them full-screen.
- 101.
There is no generally accepted cure for fybromyalgia.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 102.
The Kasson Metric Act of 1866 made the Metric System the official system of the USA, although it was repealed in 1873.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 103.
In 1936 Alan Turing described the a-machine (later renamed Turing Machine) as a device that can simulate the logic of a computer.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 104.
In calculus we never use complex (or imaginary) numbers.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 105.
If you dip a dry towel into a tub full of water, water will climb up the towel by a phenomenon called "Cartillary Action"
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 106.
Type 1 diabetes is a result of the liver working improperly.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 107.
Almonds possess cholesterol-lowering properties.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 108.
You need a Swiss ball to build a stronger chest and shoulders.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 109.
Scallops live a sedentary live and never move around.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 110.
Each basic taste corresponds to a specific area of the tongue, which perceives it. This spacial division of taste receptors is called taste map.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 111.
A young goat is called a kid.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 112.
People with anxiety usually know they have anxiety.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 113.
Because of the strict water preserving mechanisms, the cactus dies within hours after a part of it is broken or damaged.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 114.
Saturn is the only ringed planet in the Solar system.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 115.
The pH of solids in solid form can be measured using indicator paper.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 116.
The scapula is part of the spine near the hip.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 117.
After Hurricane Katrina's strike, reverend Jesse Lee Peterson, a nationally syndicated African American host of a radio talk show, criticized New Orleans African Americans for both blaming the federal government and expecting handouts from it.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 118.
Ancient footsteps found in Tanzania prove that there were bipedal hominids as early as 3.8 million years ago.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 119.
GigaBytes or GB is the measurement used to determine the processor speed.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 120.
Scientists accidentally killed the once known world's oldest living creature, a mollusc, known to be aged as 507 years old.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 121.
On average, only one baby in 10,000,000 is born with a tooth.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 122.
"Wattle and daub is a method of construction.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 123.
Dark chocolate reduces blood pressure while enhancing circulation.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 124.
In 2004, a National Geographic article foretold the formation of the flood that devastated New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 125.
The shape of the Earth is a perfect sphere.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 126.
Centripetal force is an apparent force that acts outward on a body moving around a center, arising from the body's inertia.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 127.
The zygomatic processes form the cheek bones.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 128.
Saturns magnetic field is stronger than Earths.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 129.
Low doses of antidepressants can be used to treat fibromyalgia patients.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 130.
In olden days urine was recycled.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 131.
The best diet is a permanent lifestyle change.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 132.
An atom contains a nucleus.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 133.
Down Syndrome, named after Dr. John Langdon Down, is actually a chromosomal defect.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 134.
Ophiuchus is on the ecliptic.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 135.
A swallow hole is an unnatural depression in earths surface formed by the collapse of a large building.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 136.
It was once believed that injecting shark cartilage into people would prevent them from contracting cancer.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 137.
Gatorade, a non-carbonated sports drink, was invented by researchers at the University of Florida and named in honor of the Florida Gators, the schools football team.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 138.
The dark spots on the moon that create the man in the moon image are actually basins filled with basalt.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 139.
Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 140.
Molecular electronic transitions (n to Π* or Π to Π*) are are usually caused by the input of infrared radiation.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 141.
The narwhale has two teeth in its upper jaw, one of which develops into a horn-like protrusion (this is true). It is almost always the left one that becomes the horn.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 142.
Jupiter has the largest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 143.
Laws of physics are properties, common to all material systems.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 144.
In the set of real numbers under the operation of multiplication, every number has an inverse.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 145.
Glycolipids in cell membranes are involved in transport, enzymatic activity, intercellular joining, and cell-cell recognition.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 146.
When Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, he had almost no visibility from his front windows.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 147.
Neanderthals are the ancestors of modern-day humans.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: False - 148.
The fact that stretching prevents injuries is a myth.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 149.
It is said that the average person has about six pounds of skin.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True - 150.
You always get to see the same half of the moon.
- ATrue
- BFalse
Answer: True
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