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