Training Session Post-Test

WETMAAP: Wallops island, Virginia
Wetland and interpretative technique knowledge assessment quiz

1. What is a "wetland"? What are the three criteria used to delineate a wetland area?

2. Wetlands serve many functions.  List three.

3. What is the importance of exposed tidal mudflats?

4. What is an estuary?

5.How can maps, aerial photography, and satellite imagery be used for habitat identification?

6. What is the importance of scale for aerial photography and satellite imagery for map interpretation?

7. What is GIS and how is it used?

                                                                                                     Circle one
8. Have you ever worked with topographic maps?                          yes      no
    Have you ever worked with aerial photography?                         yes      no
    Have you ever worked with satellite or airborne imagery?           yes      no