5. Mark the sentences as true or false:

5. True or False Statements

1. The most famous invention of Mendeleev is the law of universal gravitation. — False
2. Mendeleev was born in Rostov. — False
3. Mendeleev's father re-established the glass factory which belonged to his family. — False (It was his mother, Maria Mendeleeva)
4. When Mendeleev was thirteen when he entered the Gymnasium in Tobolsk. — True
5. In Heidelberg, Mendeleev researched the capillarity of liquids. — True
6. In 1865 he became a professor at Moscow State University. — False (He became a professor at Saint Petersburg Technological Institute and later Saint Petersburg State University)
7. In 1906 Mendeleev received the Nobel Prise in Chemistry. — False (He was nominated but did not receive the prize)