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REMOTE SENSING VIDEO QUESTIONS     I.M.S. SCIENCE   Name: ______________________
                                                                               Period: ____ Date: ______
SCORE:____   / 25

  1. IN __________THE FIRST BALLON PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN.
  2. IN __________ WAS WHEN THE FIRST SATELLITE SPUTNIK WAS PUT INTO ORBIT BY THE RUSSIANS.
  3. SATELLITE ________________ HELPS US TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT WE ARE DOING ON THE EARTH.
  4. LANDSAT ORBITS THE EARTH EVERY _________ MINS.
  5. LANDSAT IN _____ DAYS HAS COVERED THE ENTIRE EARTH.
  6. LANDSAT FOLLOWS A ___________ ORBIT.
  7. COLORS IMAGES HELP US _______________ WHAT WE SEE.
  8. WITH _____________ YOU CAN NOT SEE TREES OR CARS BUT CAN SEE THINGS THE EYE CAN’T SEE.
  9. SIR WILLIAM ________ DISCOVERED THE INFARED.
  10. ON THE ELECTROMAGNETIC _____________ RED LIGHT IS AS FAR DOWN AS THE HUMAN EYE CAN SEE (SHORTESS WAVELENGTH).
  11. ________ IS THE SHORTESS WAVELENGTH WE CAN SEE.
  12. __________ ARE BOXES WITH COLORS IN THEM.
  13. MOST PIXELS ARE _______ FEET SQUARE.
  14. INFARED SHOWS VEGETATION AS A ______________ COLOR.
  15. VEGETATION ABSORBS VERY STRONG IN THE _________________ FILTER.
  16. WATER HAS A ________ REFLECTANCE.
  17. GETTING A BETTER VIEW IS CALLED____________
  18. MOST CAMERAS HAVE AN _________ BLOCK.
  19. EACH LANDCOVER ___________ DIFFERENTLY.
  20. SATELLITE IMAGES TODAY ARE USED TO PREDICT THE _____________

 

BONUS: THE __________PROGRAM  LETS STUDENTS AND SCIENTISTS STUDY THE EARTH.

 

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HERSHEL     SPECTRUM  PIXELS          GREY             BLUE              MACROSCOPE        IMAGING

 

NORTH-SOUTH       EAST-WEST REFLECTS    LOW               HIGH                          DECODE

 

INTERPRET             WEATHER               HURRICANES                      ECLIPSES