EAS Exam 1|85 Review Questions and Answers New Year Update 2024 Solved 100%

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 isolated system. So, practically it is impossible to make 100% isolated system. What are the differences between closed and open systems? - ️️Open system both matter and energy are exchanged. Closed system only energy is exchanged. What is the difference between a geostationary satellite and a polar-orbiting satellite? - ️️ The uses and applications of high-altitude satellites such as GOES differ substantially from the applications of lower altitude satellites like Landsat and SPOT. In what ways do they differ? - ️️(GOES) A Geostationary Satellite is used to provide visible and infrared images of Earth's surface and atmosphere. (SPOT)