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