El Niño and Weather Patterns Quiz

What does the term 'El Niño' refer to?

• A type of cloud formation

• A hurricane that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean

• A weather phenomenon involving warm water in the Eastern Pacific

• A type of fish found in the Pacific Ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the opposite phenomenon of El Niño, characterized by colder than usual water in the Eastern Pacific?

• The Blob

• El Niño

• Hurricane Pauline

• La Niña

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following was a significant impact of the 1997-1998 El Niño?

• Increased snowfall in the Northeast United States

• A decrease in global temperatures

• Massive droughts in Indonesia

• A record number of Atlantic hurricanes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What did meteorologist Edward Lorenz discover that led to the development of chaos theory?

• The impact of rounding errors on weather predictions

• The exact timing of El Niño events

• The Coriolis effect

• The periodic-sometimes-quasicycle

What does the Butterfly Effect suggest about small changes in initial conditions?

• They only affect short-term weather forecasts

• They are irrelevant to chaos theory

• They have no impact on weather predictions

• They can lead to vastly different outcomes over time

During __________ surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific are colder than average.

• El Nino
• La Nina

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What triggers the start of an El Niño event?

• A decrease in ocean temperature

• A volcanic eruption

• A change in wind patterns

• An increase in salinity