- 1. When was Heike Kamerlingh Onnes born?
A) 1950
B) 1800
C) 1853
D) 1900
- 2. In which country was Heike Kamerlingh Onnes born?
A) United States
B) Netherlands
C) France
D) Russia
- 3. Which university did Heike Kamerlingh Onnes work at for most of his career?
A) Oxford University
B) Harvard University
C) University of Tokyo
D) University of Leiden
- 4. What is the unit of temperature used by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes for his experiments?
A) Kelvin
B) Fahrenheit
C) Celsius
D) Rankine
- 5. What did Heike Kamerlingh Onnes use to achieve very low temperatures in his experiments?
A) Liquid nitrogen
B) Water
C) Liquid helium
D) Dry ice
- 6. In what year did Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discover superconductivity?
A) 1492
B) 1969
C) 1911
D) 1776
- 7. Which element did Heike Kamerlingh Onnes first observe superconductivity in?
A) Silicon
B) Carbon
C) Gold
D) Mercury
- 8. What phenomenon occurs when a superconductor is exposed to a magnetic field?
A) Photosynthesis
B) Evaporation
C) Condensation
D) Meissner effect
- 9. What is the electrical resistance of a superconductor at very low temperatures?
A) Variable
B) Zero
C) Constant
D) Infinite
- 10. What term is used to describe the sudden loss of resistance in a material at low temperatures?
A) Supermagnetism
B) Superconductivity
C) Supergravity
D) Superfluidity
- 11. What happens to the magnetic field inside a superconductor when it transitions into the superconducting state?
A) Attracted
B) Expelled
C) Reversed
D) Doubled
- 12. At what temperature does liquid helium reach its superfluid state?
A) 100 Kelvin
B) 0 Celsius
C) 2.17 Kelvin
D) 32 Fahrenheit
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