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Remote Sensing - Quiz
Contributed by: Messer
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) cartographer
B) geographer
C) photographer
D) map quester
  • 2. Remote Sensing is
A) deployed from a camera and videocamera
B) deployed from a computer
C) always done close up
D) deployed from a plane or satellite
  • 3. The First type of remote sensing were
A) sketches from a French Map Maker
B) aerial photos
C) paintings from an air balloon
D) TV remote controls
  • 4. Sensing that uses Heat or Temperature to detect is called
A) Sonar Sensing
B) Infrared Sensing
C) Microwave Sensing
D) Radar Sensing
  • 5. Infrared sensing is used to help map
A) animals and plants
B) animals that have died
C) cold blooded organisms
D) non-living objects
  • 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) touch and tasting
B) radar and infrared
C) radar and sonar
D) microwave and sonar
  • 8. Sound waves are used in what type of sensing?
A) Radar
B) Sonar
C) Infrared
D) Microwave
  • 9. What sensing is used under water to detect things
A) Sonar
B) Microwave
C) Infrared
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) Hot Air Balloon and a Primitive Camera
D) Planes and Satellites
  • 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 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) a man named Roy G Biv
B) a small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
C) every kind of light there is
D) The entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • 13. Infrared Sensing is used commonly to study
A) underwater sealife
B) very cold and distant objects
C) crops and different habitats
D) objects that can only be picked up using sound waves
  • 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) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
B) True
C) False
D) Could be either answer
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