Answer:
True
(I am not 100% sure because the question is very short with no context, but I believe it to be true)
The answer is c because of science
Alkaline earth metals
Group 13 aka the boron family is categorized as alkaline earth metals
When testing a hypothesis, scientists use repeated trials and replication to make sure that they get the same answer each time, and that it isn't just a lucky guess the first time. They need be sure that the answer to their hypothesis is 100% the same every time.