Remote Sensing
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) geographer
B) cartographer
C) map quester
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) aerial photos
C) sketches from a French Map Maker
D) paintings from an air balloon
  • 4. Sensing that uses Heat or Temperature to detect is called
A) Radar Sensing
B) Microwave Sensing
C) Sonar Sensing
D) Infrared Sensing
  • 5. Infrared sensing is used to help map
A) non-living objects
B) animals that have died
C) animals and plants
D) cold blooded organisms
  • 6. Microwave Sensing uses
A) heat and temperature
B) sound waves
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) radar and sonar
B) radar and infrared
C) microwave and sonar
D) touch and tasting
  • 8. Sound waves are used in what type of sensing?
A) Sonar
B) Infrared
C) Microwave
D) Radar
  • 9. What sensing is used under water to detect things
A) Infrared
B) Microwave
C) Sonar
D) Radar
  • 10. The French used what two items to create maps in the 1800's
A) Hot Air Balloon and a Primitive Camera
B) A Spy Plane and a 35mm Camera
C) Planes and Satellites
D) A Parachute and an Artist to Draw what he saw
  • 11. Remote Sensing can be defined as
A) My TV remote to change my channels
B) Collecting information through a remote controlled device
C) Collecting information from a distance by photos or wave lengths
D) Collecting information by a person on two legs and a camera
  • 12. When we see the colors in the rainbow, we are actually seeing
A) every kind of light there is
B) The entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
C) a small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
D) a man named Roy G Biv
  • 13. Infrared Sensing is used commonly to study
A) crops and different habitats
B) objects that can only be picked up using sound waves
C) very cold and distant objects
D) underwater sealife
  • 14. Radar is very beneficial because it can penetrate thick
A) walls and concrete
B) clouds and moisture
C) steel and wood
D) sand and very dry objects
  • 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) True
C) False
D) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
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