Vocabulary
Energy traveling as electromagnetic waves is called?
What is Electromagetic radiation
What transmits data to a station on the ground?
What is a satellite
A what reflects light?
what is a Mirror
The first what were used to collect visible light?
What is a telescope
Images from what satellites provide a variety of information?
What are Remote-Sensing
Is the distance between two adjacent crest or toughs of a wave.
What is Wavelength
What is made up from satellites?
What is remote sensing
A what collects visible light with a mirror or a lens?
What is a Optical Telescope
Use metal mirror to reflect radio waves
What is a Radio Telescope
Can show forest fires and be used to warn people of the danger
what are Images
All these wavelengths and frequencies make up what as called
What is Electromagnetic Spectrum
A satellite about 35,700 km above the equater takes 24 h to orbit around Earth once. What type of satellite is this called?
what is a Geosynchronus satellite
A telescope that uses a mirror to collect light is called a what?
what is a Reflecting Telescope
Is an example of this kind of radio telescope
what is a Satellite Dish
What can provide images of clouds and storms,such as hurricanes.
What are Weather Satellites
A continuous range of a single feature in this case wavelength.
What is Spectrum
Most weather and remote sensing observations is called what?
what is a satellite
A telescope that uses a lens to collect light is called a what?
what is a Refracting Telescope
The computer software also adds color called?
What is False color
What can show forest and clear areas?
What are Infrared Images
Any human-made object placed in an orbit around a body in space.
What is Artificial Satellte
A satellite at a low altitude is in a what?
What is Low Earth Orbit
A reflecting telescope uses what?
What is a Mirror
The brightness of an object tell who or what how much energy that object is producing.
Who are Scientists
The what are seenin images taken at night indicate populated areas and highways
What are Lights