El Nino/La Nina/Climate Quiz-ish

During an El Nino, it rains

• in the central Pacific

• in the FAR eastern Pacific

• in the western Pacific

• In all of the Pacific

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Both El Nino and La Nina have this in common

• Influence birds that migrate over the ocean

• Influence rainy / dry weather world wide

• The weather at the polar regions

• The directions that ships travel in the oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The picture below is of a(n) ____ event.

• Non-El Nino (Normal)

• El Nino

• La Nina

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

During a(n) ____ event, trade winds are much stronger than usual.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Normal

• Partly sunny

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

During an El Nino, trade winds are typically...

• about average

• stronger

• weaker

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The picture represents a(n) ___ event.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Non-El Nino (normal conditions)

What two factors are primarily used to describe climate?

• temperature and density
• temperature and precipitation
• precipitation and density
• winds and humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

El Nino occurs when the tropical ocean waters are warmer in which ocean?

• Atlantic
• Indian
• Pacific
• Arctic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

La Niña is characterized by ______________ of the Western Pacific Ocean.

• a warming

• a cooling

• average temperatures

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

______________ causes more rainfall in the Northwest United States and poor fishing off the coast of South America (Peru).

• La Nina

• El NIno

• El Baby Yoda

• La Chancla

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5