Remote Sensing
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) geographer
B) photographer
C) cartographer
D) map quester
  • 2. Remote Sensing is
A) deployed from a plane or satellite
B) deployed from a camera and videocamera
C) always done close up
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) Radar Sensing
B) Sonar Sensing
C) Microwave Sensing
D) Infrared Sensing
  • 5. Infrared sensing is used to help map
A) animals that have died
B) non-living objects
C) animals and plants
D) cold blooded organisms
  • 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) touch and tasting
B) radar and sonar
C) radar and infrared
D) microwave 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) Sonar
B) Microwave
C) Infrared
D) Radar
  • 10. The French used what two items to create maps in the 1800's
A) A Spy Plane and a 35mm Camera
B) A Parachute and an Artist to Draw what he saw
C) Planes and Satellites
D) Hot Air Balloon and a Primitive Camera
  • 11. Remote Sensing can be defined as
A) My TV remote to change my channels
B) Collecting information through a remote controlled device
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 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) underwater sealife
B) very cold and distant objects
C) objects that can only be picked up using sound waves
D) crops and different habitats
  • 14. Radar is very beneficial because it can penetrate thick
A) walls and concrete
B) steel and wood
C) sand and very dry objects
D) clouds and moisture
  • 15. Remote Sensing is NOT good to use when comparing an area before a Tsunami and then after the Tsunami
A) False
B) True
C) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
D) Could be either answer
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