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