Remote Sensing
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) geographer
B) map quester
C) cartographer
D) photographer
  • 2. Remote Sensing is
A) always done close up
B) deployed from a computer
C) deployed from a camera and videocamera
D) deployed from a plane or satellite
  • 3. The First type of remote sensing were
A) sketches from a French Map Maker
B) TV remote controls
C) aerial photos
D) paintings from an air balloon
  • 4. Sensing that uses Heat or Temperature to detect is called
A) Infrared Sensing
B) Sonar Sensing
C) Microwave Sensing
D) Radar Sensing
  • 5. Infrared sensing is used to help map
A) non-living objects
B) animals that have died
C) cold blooded organisms
D) animals and plants
  • 6. Microwave Sensing uses
A) sound waves
B) heat and temperature
C) short wave lengths
D) very long 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) Microwave
B) Infrared
C) Radar
D) Sonar
  • 9. What sensing is used under water to detect things
A) Sonar
B) Radar
C) Infrared
D) Microwave
  • 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) 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) Collecting information by a person on two legs and a camera
B) My TV remote to change my channels
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) a man named Roy G Biv
B) every kind of light there is
C) The entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
D) a small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
  • 13. Infrared Sensing is used commonly to study
A) crops and different habitats
B) underwater sealife
C) objects that can only be picked up using sound waves
D) very cold and distant objects
  • 14. Radar is very beneficial because it can penetrate thick
A) clouds and moisture
B) steel and wood
C) walls and concrete
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) Remote Sensing has nothing t do with Tsunamis
D) False
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