18 Questions
What are the small, dark patches that develop on the Sun as it nears the peak of a solar cycle?
Sunspots
What is the name of the process that produces the Sun's magnetic field?
Solar dynamo
Who is the astronomer for whom a law relating to the location of sunspots on the Sun is named?
Gustav Spörer
What is the name of the period between 1645 and 1715?
The Maunder Minimum
Where did the baobab lineage originate, according to genomic analyses?
Madagascar
How long ago did the baobab lineage reach Africa and Australia, according to researchers?
12 million years ago
What is the effect of a metal doped with a magnetic impurity on its resistance as it approaches absolute zero?
It increases in fixed steps
Who is credited with discovering the quantum Hall effect in 1980?
Gerhard Dorda, Michael Pepper, and others
What is the name of the physicist who tried to explain the path of an electron moving through solid metal in 1900?
German physicist
What is the name of the state of matter where quantum phenomena become visible?
Bose-Einstein condensate
Who were the three physicists who led two teams in 1995 to first produce a Bose-Einstein condensate in the lab?
Eric Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle, and Carl Wieman
What is the name of the scientist who, in 1823, liquefied all the gases known at the time excluding hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen?
Humphrey Davy
What was the quantity of molecules observed that led Dr. Cangi to imply the presence of HCO+?
A large amount
Which spacecraft collected data that supported the HCO+ DR model?
BepiColombo
What is the focus of most upcoming Venus missions?
Lower atmosphere
What is anomalous about Venus compared to Earth?
Moisture levels
What is the name of the NASA mission dedicated to probing the upper atmosphere of Mars?
MAVEN
Who used quantum mechanics to solve many open problems in the 1930s?
Arnold Sommerfeld
This quiz explores the properties of matter, including the behavior of metals and gases at extreme temperatures. It also delves into the history of scientific discoveries, including the work of Humphrey Davy and others.
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