El Nino and La Nina

What happens during El Niño?

• Trade winds strengthen and warm surface water moves eastward

• Trade winds weaken and warm surface water moves westward

• Trade winds strengthen and warm surface water moves westward

• Trade winds weaken and warm surface water moves eastward

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What are the climate impacts of El Niño?

• Flooding in the Southern United States and warmer, drier conditions in the Pacific Northwest

• Drought in the Southern United States and cooler temperatures, heavy rains, and flooding in the Pacific Northwest

• Drought in the Southern United States and warmer, drier conditions in the Pacific Northwest

• Flooding in the Southern United States and cooler temperatures, heavy rains, and flooding in the Pacific Northwest

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What are the climate impacts of La Niña?

• Flooding in the Southern United States and cooler temperatures, heavy rains, and flooding in the Pacific Northwest

• Flooding in the Southern United States and warmer, drier conditions in the Pacific Northwest

• Drought in the Southern United States and cooler temperatures, heavy rains, and flooding in the Pacific Northwest

• Drought in the Southern United States and warmer, drier conditions in the Pacific Northwest

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the relationship between El Niño and La Niña?

• They have no relationship

• El Niño and La Niña are the same phenomenon

• El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of a cycle

• El Niño and La Niña occur simultaneously

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What happens when trade winds become stronger than normal?

• They blow cool water back into the eastern Pacific and restart the upwelling of warm water in the western Pacific

• They blow cool water back into the western Pacific and restart the upwelling of warm water in the eastern Pacific

• They blow warm water back into the western Pacific and restart the upwelling of cool water in the eastern Pacific

• They blow warm water back into the eastern Pacific and restart the upwelling of cool water in the western Pacific

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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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• about average

• stronger

• weaker

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The picture represents a(n) ___ event.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Non-El Nino (normal conditions)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• Atlantic
• Indian
• Pacific
• Arctic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6