Remote Sensing
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) map quester
B) cartographer
C) photographer
D) geographer
  • 2. Remote Sensing is
A) deployed from a computer
B) deployed from a plane or satellite
C) deployed from a camera and videocamera
D) always done close up
  • 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) Microwave Sensing
C) Radar Sensing
D) Sonar Sensing
  • 5. Infrared sensing is used to help map
A) cold blooded organisms
B) non-living objects
C) animals that have died
D) animals and plants
  • 6. Microwave Sensing uses
A) very long wave lengths
B) short wave lengths
C) heat and temperature
D) sound waves
  • 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) touch and tasting
D) microwave and sonar
  • 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) Sonar
B) Radar
C) Microwave
D) Infrared
  • 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 Parachute and an Artist to Draw what he saw
D) A Spy Plane and a 35mm Camera
  • 11. Remote Sensing can be defined as
A) Collecting information through a remote controlled device
B) Collecting information from a distance by photos or wave lengths
C) My TV remote to change my channels
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) a small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
B) a man named Roy G Biv
C) The entire 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) walls and concrete
B) sand and very dry objects
C) steel and wood
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) Could be either answer
B) True
C) False
D) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
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