How it Works
Dropsondes are released from planes and fall slowly using this.
What is a parachute.
As a child, Moore used to lie on a hill and wonder about this.
What was going on in the clouds
What does the word dissolve mean in the sentence: "When they hit the water, they dissolve"?
To become part of a liquid.
Why does Moore and her team need to drop the dropsondes at just the right moment during a storm?
Because if they drop them too early or too late, they won’t collect the right data needed for weather predictions.
This tool floats on a parachute and measures things like wind speed and direction.
What is a dropsonde?
The dropsondes measure conditions such as wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, and this.
What is water temperature.
Moore’s job title as she studies hurricanes.
What is a hurricane hunter?
What is a dropsonde?
A tube with sensors that is dropped from a plane to gather storm data.
What kind of data do dropsondes collect as they fall through the air?
Wind speed, wind direction, air pressure, temperature, and humidity.
This part of the dropsonde logs wind speed and direction.
What is a GPS receiver.
Moore and her team have to drop the dropsondes at exactly the right time so they don’t miss this.
What is the needed data?
Moore describes hurricane hunting as one of the most _____ parts of her career
What is rewarding?
What does transmitter most likely mean in the sentence: “The radio transmitter sends the data to meteorologists”?
A device that sends out information.
How do meteorologists on land receive the data from the dropsondes?
The radio transmitter in the dropsonde sends the data back to them.
These dropsonde sensors measure air pressure, temperature, and this.
What is humidity?
If dropsondes land in the ocean, they might use tools that float and measure this.
What is ocean temperature
Moore says, “Don’t let anything hold you back from doing this.”
What is what you want to do?
What does the word meteorologist mean in this passage?
A scientist who studies weather.
Why is it important to know how strong a storm is and where it is going?
So scientists can warn people who may be in danger and help save lives.
This part of the dropsonde sends data back to land.
What is the radio transmitter?
This happens to dropsondes when they hit the water.
What is this the dissolve
The data collected by dropsondes helps meteorologists do this.
What is save lives?
What does the word rewarding mean in the sentence: “...has been one of the most rewarding parts of my career”?
Fulfilling and worthwhile
What inspired Moore to become a hurricane hunter when she was a child?
She used to lie on a hill and wonder what was going on in the clouds.
Dropsondes are dropped from this type of vehicle during a storm.
What is a plane?