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Remote Sensing
Contributed by: Messer
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) photographer
B) cartographer
C) geographer
D) map quester
  • 2. Remote Sensing is
A) deployed from a camera and videocamera
B) deployed from a plane or satellite
C) always done close up
D) deployed from a computer
  • 3. The First type of remote sensing were
A) aerial photos
B) sketches from a French Map Maker
C) TV remote controls
D) paintings from an air balloon
  • 4. Sensing that uses Heat or Temperature to detect is called
A) Sonar Sensing
B) Radar Sensing
C) Microwave Sensing
D) Infrared Sensing
  • 5. Infrared sensing is used to help map
A) animals and plants
B) non-living objects
C) cold blooded organisms
D) animals that have died
  • 6. Microwave Sensing uses
A) heat and temperature
B) short wave lengths
C) sound waves
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) radar and infrared
C) touch and tasting
D) microwave and sonar
  • 8. Sound waves are used in what type of sensing?
A) Infrared
B) Sonar
C) Microwave
D) Radar
  • 9. What sensing is used under water to detect things
A) Microwave
B) Infrared
C) Radar
D) Sonar
  • 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 by a person on two legs and a camera
B) Collecting information through a remote controlled device
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) 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) very cold and distant objects
C) underwater sealife
D) crops and different habitats
  • 14. Radar is very beneficial because it can penetrate thick
A) clouds and moisture
B) sand and very dry objects
C) walls and concrete
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) Could be either answer
B) False
C) True
D) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
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