5.6 - Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS)
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Practice Questions
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What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
💡 Hint: It includes waves like radio, microwaves, and gamma rays.
Name one application of visible light in remote sensing.
💡 Hint: Think about what we can see with our eyes.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What part of the EMS is primarily used for optical remote sensing?
💡 Hint: This part of the spectrum you can see.
True or False: Microwaves cannot penetrate cloud cover.
💡 Hint: Consider how weather imaging might work.
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Challenge Problems
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Explain how the interaction between EMR and Earth's surface can differ among different wavelengths in the EMS.
💡 Hint: Consider how vegetation reacts to different wavelengths in remote sensing.
Discuss how knowledge of the EMS is applied in the design of sensors for remote sensing.
💡 Hint: What relationship do sensors have with the wavelengths they detect?
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