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Remote Sensing
Contributed by: Messer
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) cartographer
B) map quester
C) geographer
D) photographer
  • 2. Remote Sensing is
A) deployed from a plane or satellite
B) deployed from a camera and videocamera
C) always done close up
D) deployed from a computer
  • 3. The First type of remote sensing were
A) sketches from a French Map Maker
B) aerial photos
C) TV remote controls
D) paintings from an air balloon
  • 4. Sensing that uses Heat or Temperature to detect is called
A) Microwave Sensing
B) Infrared Sensing
C) Sonar Sensing
D) Radar Sensing
  • 5. Infrared sensing is used to help map
A) cold blooded organisms
B) animals and plants
C) animals that have died
D) non-living objects
  • 6. Microwave Sensing uses
A) sound waves
B) very long wave lengths
C) heat and temperature
D) short wave lengths
  • 7. Which two sensing methods bounce waves off of an object and back to detect things
A) radar and sonar
B) touch and tasting
C) microwave and sonar
D) radar and infrared
  • 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) Sonar
C) Radar
D) Infrared
  • 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) 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) The entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
B) a small portion of the 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) objects that can only be picked up using sound waves
D) very cold and distant objects
  • 14. Radar is very beneficial because it can penetrate thick
A) walls and concrete
B) clouds and moisture
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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