El Nino and La Nina/ Volcanic Eruptions Review

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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The image is of a(n):

• El Nino event

• La Nina event

• Non-El Nino (normal conditions)

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

• Non-El Nino (Normal)

• El Nino

• La Nina

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What causes the unequal distribution of warm and cold water?

• shifts in the Earth's orbit

• prevailing wind patterns (Trade Winds)

• changes in fishing patterns

• changes in water density

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In general, El Nino years produce ____ hurricanes and named stormed than La Nina or neutral circulation patterns

• more

• fewer

• the same number of

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

• a warming

• a cooling

• average temperatures

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Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement about El Niño and La Niña?

• Both occur every 2-7 years

• Both occur in the Atlantic Ocean

• El Nino is a warming and La Nina is a cooling of the Pacific Ocean

• Neither are considered "storms"

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The picture represents a(n) ___ event.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Non-El Nino (normal conditions)

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

• Atlantic
• Indian
• Pacific
• Arctic

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Which best describes El Nino?

• The water in the Atlantic Ocean gets warmer than normal and causes fewer hurricanes to form

• The water in the Atlantic Ocean gets colder than normal and causes more hurricanes to form.

• The water in the Pacific Ocean gets colder than normal, and the flow of the jet stream is disrupted

• The water in the Pacific Ocean gets warmer than normal, and the flow of the jet stream is disrupted.

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