Global Wind Patterns

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

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Normal

• Partly sunny

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• about average

• stronger

• weaker

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What causes GLOBAL winds to move in all directions?

• breezes
• coriolis effect
• westerlies
• easterlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the cause of rising surface temperatures of the Pacific Ocean, drought in the western United States, and flooding on the Pacific coast of South America?

• the Gulf Stream
• the Jet Stream
• La Nina
• El Nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which best describes El Niño?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does the term ENSO refer to?

• El Nine/ Nothern Oscillation

• Enchiladas Not Sweetened Horita

• La Nina/ Southern Oscillation

• El Niño/ Southern Oscillation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When Earth's rotation causes the wind to curve 

• cloudy 
• Coriolis effect
• high pressure
• low pressure 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Hurricanes move in opposite directions in the northern and southern hemispheres due to ___________________.

• El NIno

• The Coriolis Effect

• La Nina

• upwelling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

El Niño ___________________ the trade winds causing the warm pool to move ___________.

• weakens or reverses; west

• intensifies; east

• weakens or reverses; east

• intensifies; east

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Examine the diagram. This is what occurs during ______________.

• El NIno

• La Nina

• La Chica

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6