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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 computer
B) deployed from a camera and videocamera
C) always done close up
D) deployed from a plane or satellite
  • 3. The First type of remote sensing were
A) TV remote controls
B) sketches from a French Map Maker
C) aerial photos
D) paintings from an air balloon
  • 4. Sensing that uses Heat or Temperature to detect is called
A) Microwave Sensing
B) Radar Sensing
C) Infrared Sensing
D) Sonar 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) short wave lengths
C) heat and temperature
D) very long 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 sonar
D) radar and infrared
  • 8. Sound waves are used in what type of sensing?
A) Infrared
B) Microwave
C) Sonar
D) Radar
  • 9. What sensing is used under water to detect things
A) Sonar
B) Microwave
C) Radar
D) Infrared
  • 10. The French used what two items to create maps in the 1800's
A) Planes and Satellites
B) A Spy Plane and a 35mm Camera
C) Hot Air Balloon and a Primitive Camera
D) A Parachute and an Artist to Draw what he saw
  • 11. Remote Sensing can be defined as
A) Collecting information through a remote controlled device
B) Collecting information by a person on two legs and a camera
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) a man named Roy G Biv
C) every kind of light there is
D) The entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • 13. Infrared Sensing is used commonly to study
A) objects that can only be picked up using sound waves
B) underwater sealife
C) very cold and distant objects
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) True
B) False
C) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
D) Could be either answer
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