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Remote Sensing
Contributed by: Messer
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) cartographer
B) photographer
C) geographer
D) map quester
  • 2. Remote Sensing is
A) deployed from a computer
B) always done close up
C) deployed from a plane or satellite
D) deployed from a camera and videocamera
  • 3. The First type of remote sensing were
A) paintings from an air balloon
B) aerial photos
C) sketches from a French Map Maker
D) TV remote controls
  • 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) non-living objects
B) animals and plants
C) cold blooded organisms
D) animals that have died
  • 6. Microwave Sensing uses
A) sound waves
B) heat and temperature
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) touch and tasting
C) radar and infrared
D) radar and sonar
  • 8. Sound waves are used in what type of sensing?
A) Radar
B) Infrared
C) Microwave
D) Sonar
  • 9. What sensing is used under water to detect things
A) Microwave
B) Radar
C) Sonar
D) Infrared
  • 10. The French used what two items to create maps in the 1800's
A) A Parachute and an Artist to Draw what he saw
B) Planes and Satellites
C) A Spy Plane and a 35mm Camera
D) Hot Air Balloon and a Primitive Camera
  • 11. Remote Sensing can be defined as
A) My TV remote to change my channels
B) Collecting information from a distance by photos or wave lengths
C) Collecting information by a person on two legs and a camera
D) Collecting information through a remote controlled device
  • 12. When we see the colors in the rainbow, we are actually seeing
A) every kind of light there is
B) a man named Roy G Biv
C) a small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
D) The entire 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) clouds and moisture
B) steel and wood
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) True
D) Could be either answer
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