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Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what does la Nina means in spanish

a)

Mama

b)

Little girl

c)

My man

d)

Shawn

2.

Which event can cause stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic basin

a)

Bourgeois

b)

La Nina

c)

El Nino

d)

cold front

3.

Define El Nino

a)

A warm ocean current of variable intensity that develops after late December along the cost of Ecuador and Peru and sometimes cause Catastrophic weather conditions  

b)

a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person

c)

a cool ocean current the develops off the cost of Ecuador and Peru, sometimes following and El Nino but causing nearly the opposite extreme weather condition

d)

to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward, detest

4.

If it is an El Nino year, what can we expect for our winters

a)

warmer and wetter

b)

cooler and wetter

c)

warmer and dry

d)

cold and dry

5.

What is the major impact of La Nina for us in Louisiana

a)

Wetter conditions that usual in the southern U.S and warmer and drier conditions in the north

b)

A build-up of cooler-than-normal water in the tropical pacific

c)

El Nino means little boy in Spanish, south American fishermen first noticed periods of unusually warmer water in the pacific ocean 

d)

  La Nina also tends to steer rain Northgward all winter, leaving the south relatively dry 

6.

What does El Nino bring as far as weather

a)

Winter temperatures are warmer than normal in the south and colder than normal in the north

b)

As shown in the image below, la Nina episodes in the winter months feature a wave-like jet stream  flow across the untied States and, Canada, which causes colder and stormier than average conditions across the north, and warm and less Stormer conditions across the south.

c)

Wetter conditions that usual in the southern U.S and warmer and drier conditions in the north

d)

  Stronger wind shear to the gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean

7.

Warm water builds up along the equator in the  

(a)  

8.

 associated with El Nino

a)

b)

c)

d)

9.

What causes El Nino

a)

A build-up of cooler-than-normal water in the tropical pacific

What does La Nina bring as far as weather?  

b)

Warm water builds up along the equator in the eastern pacific  

c)

A build-up of cooler-than-normal water in the tropical pacific

d)

Stronger winf shear to th gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean

10.

What is the major impact of El Nino for us in Louisiana

a)

La Nina also tends to steer rain Northgward all winter, leaving the south relatively dry 

b)

Stronger wind shear to the gulf of mexico and the Atlantic ocean

c)

Warm water builds up along the equator in the eastern pacific    

d)

Winter temperatures are warmer than normal in the south and colder than normal in the north