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