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