10 questions
True or False: Science Myths
Science 10 questions Easy
Popular “facts” that are not quite true, plus a few that really are. Can you tell them apart?
10 questions
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True or false: lightning never strikes the same place twice.
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True or false: lightning never strikes the same place twice.
Answer: False
Tall buildings are hit again and again. The Empire State Building is struck many times a year.
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True or false: goldfish only remember things for three seconds.
Answer: False
Experiments show goldfish can remember things for months.
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True or false: you can see the Great Wall of China from the Moon with the naked eye.
Answer: False
The wall is far too narrow to see from the Moon.
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True or false: bats are blind.
Answer: False
All bats can see, and many also find their way using echolocation.
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True or false: humans only use 10% of their brains.
Answer: False
Brain scans show activity across the whole brain, even during sleep.
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True or false: sound travels faster in water than in air.
Answer: True
Sound moves about four times faster in water than in air.
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True or false: bulls get angry when they see the color red.
Answer: False
Bulls do not see red well. They charge at the movement of the cape, not its color.
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True or false: Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.
Answer: True
Venus is hotter than Mercury because its thick atmosphere traps heat.
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True or false: different parts of your tongue taste different flavors.
Answer: False
The “tongue map” is a myth. Every part of the tongue can taste every basic flavor.
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True or false: a day on Venus is longer than its year.
Answer: True
Venus takes about 243 Earth days to spin once but only about 225 days to orbit the Sun.