- 1. When was Heike Kamerlingh Onnes born?
A) 1853
B) 1900
C) 1950
D) 1800
- 2. In which country was Heike Kamerlingh Onnes born?
A) France
B) Russia
C) Netherlands
D) United States
- 3. Which university did Heike Kamerlingh Onnes work at for most of his career?
A) University of Tokyo
B) Oxford University
C) University of Leiden
D) Harvard University
- 4. What is the unit of temperature used by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes for his experiments?
A) Rankine
B) Fahrenheit
C) Kelvin
D) Celsius
- 5. What did Heike Kamerlingh Onnes use to achieve very low temperatures in his experiments?
A) Dry ice
B) Liquid nitrogen
C) Water
D) Liquid helium
- 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) Gold
B) Silicon
C) Carbon
D) Mercury
- 8. What phenomenon occurs when a superconductor is exposed to a magnetic field?
A) Evaporation
B) Meissner effect
C) Photosynthesis
D) Condensation
- 9. What is the electrical resistance of a superconductor at very low temperatures?
A) Constant
B) Infinite
C) Zero
D) Variable
- 10. What term is used to describe the sudden loss of resistance in a material at low temperatures?
A) Superfluidity
B) Supergravity
C) Supermagnetism
D) Superconductivity
- 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) 2.17 Kelvin
B) 100 Kelvin
C) 32 Fahrenheit
D) 0 Celsius
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