Survey

High school (ages 12+)
Mathematics & Numbers

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/survey

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the historical significance?Ancient civilizations utilized surveying for land demarcation, agriculture, and monumental construction
2. What is the academic role?Survey articles critically synthesize existing research, guiding future scholarly endeavors
3. Why do people use surveys?Surveys help us learn what people think, how markets work, and how to build safe roads and buildings. They guide decisions in many areas.
4. How do scientists use surveys to study the sky?Astronomers use astronomical surveys to take pictures of large parts of the sky. They find stars, galaxies, and other space objects.

Geodesy: The scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth.
Sampling Method: Techniques used to select a representative subset of a population for a survey.
Photogrammetry: The science of making measurements from photographs, especially for recovering the exact positions of surface points.