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