Remote Sensing
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) photographer
B) map quester
C) cartographer
D) geographer
  • 2. Remote Sensing is
A) deployed from a plane or satellite
B) always done close up
C) deployed from a computer
D) deployed from a camera and videocamera
  • 3. The First type of remote sensing were
A) sketches from a French Map Maker
B) TV remote controls
C) aerial photos
D) paintings from an air balloon
  • 4. Sensing that uses Heat or Temperature to detect is called
A) Sonar Sensing
B) Infrared Sensing
C) Radar Sensing
D) Microwave Sensing
  • 5. Infrared sensing is used to help map
A) animals and plants
B) cold blooded organisms
C) non-living objects
D) animals that have died
  • 6. Microwave Sensing uses
A) short wave lengths
B) heat and temperature
C) sound waves
D) very long wave lengths
  • 7. Which two sensing methods bounce waves off of an object and back to detect things
A) microwave and sonar
B) radar and infrared
C) touch and tasting
D) radar and sonar
  • 8. Sound waves are used in what type of sensing?
A) Sonar
B) Radar
C) Infrared
D) Microwave
  • 9. What sensing is used under water to detect things
A) Sonar
B) Infrared
C) Radar
D) Microwave
  • 10. The French used what two items to create maps in the 1800's
A) A Parachute and an Artist to Draw what he saw
B) A Spy Plane and a 35mm Camera
C) Planes and Satellites
D) Hot Air Balloon and a Primitive Camera
  • 11. Remote Sensing can be defined as
A) Collecting information through a remote controlled device
B) My TV remote to change my channels
C) Collecting information by a person on two legs and a camera
D) Collecting information from a distance by photos or wave lengths
  • 12. When we see the colors in the rainbow, we are actually seeing
A) a man named Roy G Biv
B) The entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
C) a small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
D) every kind of light there is
  • 13. Infrared Sensing is used commonly to study
A) crops and different habitats
B) very cold and distant objects
C) objects that can only be picked up using sound waves
D) underwater sealife
  • 14. Radar is very beneficial because it can penetrate thick
A) clouds and moisture
B) walls and concrete
C) steel and wood
D) sand and very dry objects
  • 15. Remote Sensing is NOT good to use when comparing an area before a Tsunami and then after the Tsunami
A) Could be either answer
B) False
C) True
D) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
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