Remote Sensing
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) photographer
B) geographer
C) cartographer
D) map quester
  • 2. Remote Sensing is
A) deployed from a computer
B) always done close up
C) deployed from a camera and videocamera
D) deployed from a plane or satellite
  • 3. The First type of remote sensing were
A) aerial photos
B) TV remote controls
C) sketches from a French Map Maker
D) paintings from an air balloon
  • 4. Sensing that uses Heat or Temperature to detect is called
A) Microwave Sensing
B) Radar Sensing
C) Infrared Sensing
D) Sonar Sensing
  • 5. Infrared sensing is used to help map
A) animals that have died
B) non-living objects
C) cold blooded organisms
D) animals and plants
  • 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) radar and infrared
B) touch and tasting
C) microwave and sonar
D) radar and sonar
  • 8. Sound waves are used in what type of sensing?
A) Radar
B) Infrared
C) Sonar
D) Microwave
  • 9. What sensing is used under water to detect things
A) Infrared
B) Microwave
C) Sonar
D) Radar
  • 10. The French used what two items to create maps in the 1800's
A) Planes and Satellites
B) A Parachute and an Artist to Draw what he saw
C) Hot Air Balloon and a Primitive Camera
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 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) The entire 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) 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) clouds and moisture
B) walls and concrete
C) sand and very dry objects
D) steel and wood
  • 15. Remote Sensing is NOT good to use when comparing an area before a Tsunami and then after the Tsunami
A) True
B) Could be either answer
C) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
D) False
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