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