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Remote Sensing
Contributed by: Messer
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) map quester
B) cartographer
C) geographer
D) photographer
  • 2. Remote Sensing is
A) always done close up
B) deployed from a plane or satellite
C) deployed from a computer
D) deployed from a camera and videocamera
  • 3. The First type of remote sensing were
A) TV remote controls
B) paintings from an air balloon
C) sketches from a French Map Maker
D) aerial photos
  • 4. Sensing that uses Heat or Temperature to detect is called
A) Infrared Sensing
B) Radar Sensing
C) Sonar 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) sound waves
B) short wave lengths
C) heat and temperature
D) very long wave lengths
  • 7. Which two sensing methods bounce waves off of an object and back to detect things
A) radar and sonar
B) microwave and sonar
C) touch and tasting
D) radar and infrared
  • 8. Sound waves are used in what type of sensing?
A) Infrared
B) Radar
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) 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 from a distance by photos or wave lengths
B) Collecting information through a remote controlled device
C) Collecting information by a person on two legs and a camera
D) My TV remote to change my channels
  • 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) The entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
D) a man named Roy G Biv
  • 13. Infrared Sensing is used commonly to study
A) objects that can only be picked up using sound waves
B) crops and different habitats
C) very cold and distant objects
D) underwater sealife
  • 14. Radar is very beneficial because it can penetrate thick
A) steel and wood
B) clouds and moisture
C) sand and very dry objects
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) False
B) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
C) Could be either answer
D) True
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