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Remote Sensing
Contributed by: Messer
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) map quester
B) geographer
C) cartographer
D) photographer
  • 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) sketches from a French Map Maker
B) TV remote controls
C) paintings from an air balloon
D) aerial photos
  • 4. Sensing that uses Heat or Temperature to detect is called
A) Radar Sensing
B) Microwave Sensing
C) Sonar Sensing
D) Infrared 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) heat and temperature
B) sound waves
C) very long wave lengths
D) short wave lengths
  • 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) touch and tasting
D) radar and infrared
  • 8. Sound waves are used in what type of sensing?
A) Sonar
B) Infrared
C) Microwave
D) Radar
  • 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) 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) Collecting information from a distance by photos or wave lengths
B) My TV remote to change my channels
C) Collecting information through a remote controlled device
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 man named Roy G Biv
B) The entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
C) every kind of light there is
D) a small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
  • 13. Infrared Sensing is used commonly to study
A) very cold and distant objects
B) objects that can only be picked up using sound waves
C) crops and different habitats
D) underwater sealife
  • 14. Radar is very beneficial because it can penetrate thick
A) walls and concrete
B) clouds and moisture
C) steel and wood
D) sand and very dry objects
  • 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) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
C) False
D) True
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