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Remote Sensing
Contributed by: Messer
  • 1. A map maker is called a
A) cartographer
B) map quester
C) photographer
D) geographer
  • 2. Remote Sensing is
A) deployed from a camera and videocamera
B) deployed from a plane or satellite
C) always done close up
D) deployed from a computer
  • 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) Sonar Sensing
B) Infrared Sensing
C) Microwave Sensing
D) Radar Sensing
  • 5. Infrared sensing is used to help map
A) cold blooded organisms
B) animals that have died
C) animals and plants
D) non-living objects
  • 6. Microwave Sensing uses
A) short wave lengths
B) heat and temperature
C) sound waves
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) Infrared
B) Sonar
C) Radar
D) Microwave
  • 9. What sensing is used under water to detect things
A) Infrared
B) Radar
C) Sonar
D) Microwave
  • 10. The French used what two items to create maps in the 1800's
A) Planes and Satellites
B) A Parachute and an Artist to Draw what he saw
C) A Spy Plane and a 35mm Camera
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) Collecting information through a remote controlled device
C) My TV remote to change my channels
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) 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) objects that can only be picked up using sound waves
B) crops and different habitats
C) very cold and distant objects
D) underwater sealife
  • 14. Radar is very beneficial because it can penetrate thick
A) clouds and moisture
B) walls and concrete
C) sand and very dry objects
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) False
C) True
D) Could be either answer
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