Pretest/posttest: Remote Sensing and LANDSAT Images
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Date ____________ Block _______
Directions: On notebook paper, answer as completely as you can so that your true understanding of the answer is clear. If you do not know, leave the answer blank.
- What is the difference between aerial photography and satellite images?
- Why are satellite images made up of only 3 colors?
- What is false color imaging and what purpose does it serve?
- What are bands?
- What are channels?
- Name 3 specific applications of remote sensing
- Can any animals see in the ultraviolet range?
- What color would vegetation be in a 432 band LANDSAT 5 image?
- Which band would you use to distinguish sediment in water?
- What is the difference between a POES and a GOES satellite?
- Explain how crop rotation is determined through Satellite imaging.
- What is a classified image?
- What does band ratioing do?
- About how many artificial Earth satellites are there?
- How often does LANDSAT repeat its orbit?
- Is it possible to see LANDSAT images live? Explain
- What happened to LANDSAT5?
- What is the future of the LANDSAT PROGRAM?