Remote Sensing - Quiz
  • 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 computer
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) paintings from an air balloon
D) aerial photos
  • 4. Sensing that uses Heat or Temperature to detect is called
A) Infrared Sensing
B) Radar Sensing
C) Sonar Sensing
D) Microwave Sensing
  • 5. Infrared sensing is used to help map
A) animals that have died
B) non-living objects
C) cold blooded organisms
D) animals and plants
  • 6. Microwave Sensing uses
A) heat and temperature
B) very long wave lengths
C) short wave lengths
D) sound waves
  • 7. Which two sensing methods bounce waves off of an object and back to detect things
A) microwave and sonar
B) radar and sonar
C) touch and tasting
D) radar and infrared
  • 8. Sound waves are used in what type of sensing?
A) Microwave
B) Sonar
C) Infrared
D) Radar
  • 9. What sensing is used under water to detect things
A) Radar
B) Sonar
C) Infrared
D) Microwave
  • 10. The French used what two items to create maps in the 1800's
A) Hot Air Balloon and a Primitive Camera
B) A Parachute and an Artist to Draw what he saw
C) Planes and Satellites
D) A Spy Plane and a 35mm Camera
  • 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) Collecting information from a distance by photos or wave lengths
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) every kind of light there is
C) a small portion of the 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) underwater sealife
C) crops and different habitats
D) very cold and distant objects
  • 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) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
B) Could be either answer
C) True
D) False
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