El Niño & La Niña/Global Warming Review

This is the term for the weather patterns that an area experiences over a long period of time?

• weather

• climate.

• available energy.

• position in space.

What is the global weather phenomenon characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific?

• tsunami

• photosynthesis

• La Niña

• El Niño

What is the global weather phenomenon characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific?

• La Niño

• El Niña

• La Niña

• El Niño

Weather conditions all over the world during an El Niño year are unusual. Many rain clouds forms over this warm part of the Pacific Ocean, bringing more _________ than usual in North and South America. Meanwhile, other parts of the world suffer severe ________.

• rain; drought

• cyclones; tropical storms

• rain; drops in temperature

• days without precipitation; flooding

All BUT ONE is a possible consequence of El Niño. That is

• flooding in Peru.

• tsunamis in Japan.

• brush fires in Australia.

• increased rainfall in the south U.S.

Describe the weather in the United States during an El Niño winter.

• warmer throughout the country and more rain.

• rain in the South; dry and warm in the North.

• dry and warm in the South; cold and snowy in the North.

• freezing temperatures in the South; blizzard conditions in the North.

Which weather conditions are associated with El Niño?

• decreased temperature, increased precipitation

• increased temperature, decreased precipitation

• increased temperature, increased precipitation

• decreased temperature, decreased precipitation

What causes La Niña?

• cooling of water in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America

• cooling water in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America

• cooling water off the Atlantic coast of the US

• warm water in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America

What time of year do El Niño and La Niña occur?

• during the summer when the ocean water is warming up

• in the summer for El Nino and winter for La Nina

• during the winter around December and January

• During the fall when global temperatures are changing

What is Global Warming?

• Increasing temperature in Earth's atmosphere

• Decreasing temperature in a city

• Increasing rain rates in Earth

• Decreasing temperature rates