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Remote Sensing - Quiz
Contributed by: Messer
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) photographer
B) map quester
C) cartographer
D) geographer
  • 2. Remote Sensing is
A) deployed from a camera and videocamera
B) always done close up
C) deployed from a computer
D) deployed from a plane or satellite
  • 3. The First type of remote sensing were
A) TV remote controls
B) aerial photos
C) paintings from an air balloon
D) sketches from a French Map Maker
  • 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 that have died
B) animals and plants
C) non-living objects
D) cold blooded organisms
  • 6. Microwave Sensing uses
A) very long wave lengths
B) short wave lengths
C) heat and temperature
D) sound waves
  • 7. Which two sensing methods bounce waves off of an object and back to detect things
A) touch and tasting
B) radar and sonar
C) radar and infrared
D) microwave and sonar
  • 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) Infrared
B) Sonar
C) Microwave
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) Planes and Satellites
C) A Parachute and an Artist to Draw what he saw
D) Hot Air Balloon and a Primitive Camera
  • 11. Remote Sensing can be defined as
A) My TV remote to change my channels
B) Collecting information by a person on two legs and a camera
C) Collecting information through a remote controlled device
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) 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) underwater sealife
B) crops and different habitats
C) very cold and distant objects
D) objects that can only be picked up using sound waves
  • 14. Radar is very beneficial because it can penetrate thick
A) sand and very dry objects
B) walls and concrete
C) clouds and moisture
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) False
B) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
C) Could be either answer
D) True
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