Remote sensing - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is remote sensing? What has been the role of remote sensing in the emergence of Earth system science as a discipline? - ️️The scanning of the earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft in order to obtain information about it. What consequences arise from the fact that Earth is a closed system? - ️️Cannot exchange matter. Why are isolated systems conceptual-- not real? - ️️Isolated systems are not perfect as the universe of course is an another approximation of an isola...

definition of geography - Answer-study of Earth as the home of humanity exurbia - Answer-area beyond the suburbs literal meaning of the word "geography" - Answer-"Earth writing" (ancient Greek) physical geography - Answer-earth science - focuses on rocks, landforms, their distribution, etc. human geography - Answer-human activity, culture, society - draws from other social sciences techniques - Answer-cartography, remote sensing, GIS, spatial statistics areal differentiation - Answer-...

The ________ of the unmanned aircraft contains most of the equipment and acts as the basic structure. - Answer-Fuselage The payload operator and Remote Pilot in Command (RPIC) work together to get the best imagery. - Answer-True To keep an electromechanical device mounted on an aerial platform so that the sensor is pointed in the same general direction, regardless of the attitude (pitch, roll, yaw) of the platform, use a ________. - Answer-stabilization gimbal The combination of accelerom...

AS220 - Practice Test Questions With Answers The multirotor configuration known as a _______ uses vectored thrust to control the yaw axis. Tricopter What energy is used in the remote-sensing process to detect, measure, and collect reflected, emitted, or absorbed energy by different objects? Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) The maximum altitude for a sUAS is ______. 400 feet AGL or within 400 feet laterally from a structure The ________ is a type of image taken from a UAS that e...

Air density is one of the most important factors affecting aircraft performance, because it is directly related to the generation of airfoil thrust. (T/F) - Answer- False Based on Part 107, who is required to perform sUAS checks prior to each flight to determine if the system is in a condition for safe operation? - Answer- Remote Pilot in Command (RPIC) When is a Certificate of Waiver needed? - Answer- For operational limits specifically not listed in Part 107. Remote sensing is the acquis...

Suas Safety Certification level 1 practice exam questions and answers 100% pass The ________ of the unmanned aircraft contains most of the equipment and acts as the basic structure. - Correct Answer ️️ -Fuselage The payload operator and Remote Pilot in Command (RPIC) work together to get the best imagery. - Correct Answer ️️ -True To keep an electromechanical device mounted on an aerial platform so that the sensor is pointed in the same general direction, regardless of the attitud...

AS220 - Practice Test Questions With Answers The multirotor configuration known as a _______ uses vectored thrust to control the yaw axis. Tricopter What energy is used in the remote-sensing process to detect, measure, and collect reflected, emitted, or absorbed energy by different objects? Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) The maximum altitude for a sUAS is ______. 400 feet AGL or within 400 feet laterally from a structure The ________ is a type of image taken from a UAS that e...

Define Geography - Study of Earth's physical features, inhabitants, and their spatial relationships/interactions Subfields of geographic study - Physical(landforms, water, soil, and animals) and Human(culture, economic and political) The Primary Steps of the Scientific Method - Observation, Hypothesis, Experimentation, Peer view, and Conclusion 4 primary environmental spheres - Atmosphere(air), Lithosphere(stone), Hydrosphere(water), and Biosphere(life) Latitude (parallels) - Lines go e...

Integrated Physical Sciences - C165 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct is the study of atoms and molecules, their structures, and their interactions to form new substances. - Answer- Chemistry Chemistry studies atoms and molecules and how they interact to form new substances. Which field of physical science MOST directly explains how the motion of the continents over 100 million years led to mountains and volcanoes in some places above land, and deep ocean trenches in other places be...

GIS Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024 GIS what it stands for, definitions, what it can do, who uses it and for what (examples from articles and other sources) - ANSWER-Geographic Information Systems A set of computer tools for analyzing spatial data. A computer-based system to aid in the collection, maintenance, storage, analysis, output, and distribution of spatial data and information research institutions, environmental scientists, health organisations, land use planners, business...