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