2. Decide whether the statements are true or false. 1) Isaac Newton discovered the laws of gravitation and motion. 2) Alexander Bell is famous for inventing television. 3) Alexander Popov was a Russian physicist who invented the telephone. 4) Ivan Pavlov is best known for discovering classical conditioning. 5) Isaac Newton is best known for discovering the periodic law and creating the periodic table of chemical elements. 6) Dmitry Mendeleev significantly impacted the Yaroslavl region by helping establish one of Russia's first oil refineries, the Konstantinovsky Mineral Oil Plant, in 1879 near Romanov- Borisoglebsk (now Tutaev). 7) Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole. 8) The Earth is the largest planet in the solar system. 9) The Soviet Union was the first country to send a human into space. 10) Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space on April 12,1961, completing a historic 108-minute orbital flight aboard Vostok-1. 11) Neil Armstrong was the first person to step onto the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Ответ: 1-True, 2-False, 3-True, 4-True, 5-False, 6-False, 7-True, 8-False, 9-True, 10-True, 11-True

• 1) Isaac Newton discovered the laws of gravitation and motion. - True
• 2) Alexander Bell is famous for inventing television. - False (Alexander Bell invented the telephone)
• 3) Alexander Popov was a Russian physicist who invented the telephone. - True
• 4) Ivan Pavlov is best known for discovering classical conditioning. - True
• 5) Isaac Newton is best known for discovering the periodic law and creating the periodic table of chemical elements. - False (Dmitry Mendeleev is known for this)
• 6) Dmitry Mendeleev significantly impacted the Yaroslavl region by helping establish one of Russia's first oil refineries, the Konstantinovsky Mineral Oil Plant, in 1879 near Romanov-Borisoglebsk (now Tutaev). - False
• 7) Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole. - True
• 8) The Earth is the largest planet in the solar system. - False
• 9) The Soviet Union was the first country to send a human into space. - True
• 10) Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space on April 12,1961, completing a historic 108-minute orbital flight aboard Vostok-1. - True
• 11) Neil Armstrong was the first person to step onto the Moon on July 20, 1969. - True

Ответ: 1-True, 2-False, 3-True, 4-True, 5-False, 6-False, 7-True, 8-False, 9-True, 10-True, 11-True