El Nino La Nina Natural Disasters

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

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Normal

• Partly sunny

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Normally, atmospheric upwelling and rain occurs in the:

• FAR Western Pacific

• Central Pacific

• Western Pacific

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

During an El Nino, it rains

• in the central Pacific

• in the FAR eastern Pacific

• in the western Pacific

• In all of the Pacific

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• about average

• stronger

• weaker

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The image is of a(n):

• El Nino event

• La Nina event

• Non-El Nino (normal conditions)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• Non-El Nino (Normal)

• El Nino

• La Nina

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The picture represents a(n) ___ event.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Non-El Nino (normal conditions)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Without question, ENSO events:

• Are preventable

• Eliminate sources of rain

• Are really scary

• Impact everyone on the planet somehow

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