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Multiple-Choice Quiz

Multiple-Choice Quiz

Our Multiple-Choice Quiz exercise will test your knowledge of the basic concepts and ideas offered in Chapter 2. By successfully reviewing these concepts, you will reinforce your comprehension of these geographic ideas.

This activity contains 20 questions.

	Topographic maps usually illustrate elevation using contour lines (lines connecting points of equal elevation). Consider, for example, this contour map. It represents a region of high relief along the continental divide near Estes Park, Colorado. What is the contour interval (the distance between adjacent contour lines)?   1,000 meters 5 meters 10 meters 50 meters 100 meters

	Deforestation is occurring in many countries and it is therefore difficult to detect the ongoing damage. Which of the following types of remote sensing would be best suited for locating deforestation?   thermal infrared microwave radar sonar color infrared

	Multispectral remote sensing allows researchers to obtain data about Earth in areas of the electromagnetic spectrum beyond what the eye can see. If you were studying the effects of drought on vegetation, which portion of the electromagnetic spectrum would provide the most pertinent data?   thermal infrared middle infrared near infrared blue spectrum red spectrum

	Select the most correct statement.   An 8.5" x 11" map of the United States is a large-scale map because it illustrates a large geographical area in great detail. An E-size map (44" x 34") of Madison, Wisconsin, is a small-scale map because it illustrates a small geographical area in sparse detail. A map with a scale of 1:10,000 is a large-scale map because it illustrates a small geographical area in large detail. An 8' x 12' map of the world is a large-scale map because it illustrates a large geographical area and is a large map. none of the above is a correct answer

	You need to find the scale of a map have been given for a class project. In order to do so, you decide to measure a distance between two real world features and relate that to the distance shown on the map. You find that the distance between two buildings is 400 feet. On the map that same distance is 3 inches. What is the scale of the map?   1:1,200 1:16,000 1:1,600 1:100 1:133.33

	Using the latitude and longitude system (degrees, minutes, seconds), 20 minutes is equal to what?   1/3 hour 0.20º 200 seconds 1/20º 1/3º

	An oblate ellipsoid is what?   a circle rotated about its major axis a circle rotated about an ellipse an ellipse rotated about a circle an ellipse rotated about its longer axis an ellipse rotated about its shorter axis

	To compare, overlay, or cross-analyze two maps in a GIS   both maps must be in digital form. both maps must be in the same map projection. both maps must be at the same equivalent scale. both maps must be on the same coordinate system. all of the above.

	Which of the following types of remote sensing would be most useful in obtaining an accurate terrain representation of Venus? [Source] [Also visit mapping missions to Venus.]   radar microwave Landsat sonar thermal infrared

	An automated system for the capture, storage, retreival, analysis, and display of spatial data is known as   a GPS. Landsat. a GIS. none of the above.

	Living vegetation appears ________ on false-color IR images.   white black blue red

	Precise measurement of Earth features can be obtained from   high-oblique photographs. low-oblique photographs. vertical aerial photographs. all the above types of aerial photographs. only high- and low-oblique aerial photographs.

	Lines connecting points of equal air temperature are known as   isohyets. isotherms. isobars. contour lines.

	You need to create a map where the size ratio of of any area on the map to the corresponding area on the ground is the same all over the map. You decide to choose   a conformal projection. an equivalent projection.

	You measure the length of a particular stream section on a topographic map with a scale of 1:24000 is 3.2 inches. The real-world length of the stream is   1.45 miles. 14.55 miles. 1.21 miles. none of the above choices.

	The largest scale of the following is   1:24000. 1:62500. 1:100000. 1:500000. 1:1000000.

	With which type of remote sensing imagery would a baseball field of artificial turf be differentiated from natural grass?   radar imagery color infrared black and white photography color photography all the above

	A line connecting points of equal precipitation is   an isobar. a contour line. an isohyet. an isotherm. none of the above

	When topographic maps produced by the United State Geological Survey have been updated, the revisions are done in   black. white. green. blue. purple.

	Which of the following remote sensing technologies uses sound?   radar color infrared imaging thermal infrared imaging sonar microwave sensing

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