El Niño and La Niña Atmospheric Conditions Questions
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- Q1What causes La Niña?cooling of water in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Americacooling water in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South Americacooling water off the Atlantic coast of the USwarm water in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America30s
- Q2The El Nino will cause what kind of weather in Guatemala?cold and wetcold and drywarm and wetwarm and dry30s
- Q3The El Niño is caused bywarm water in the Pacific off the coast of South Americawarm water in the Pacific off the coast of Mexicocold water in the Pacific off the coast of Mexicocold water off the Atlantic coast of South America30s
- Q4La Niña will cause the weather in Guatemala to bewarm and wetwarm and drycold and wetcold and dry30s
- Q5What time of year do these two events occur?during the summer when the ocean water is warming upDuring the fall when global temperatures are changingin the summer for El Nino and winter for La Ninaduring the winter around December and January30s
- Q6Why are La Nina conditions especially important to areas such as Guatemala?La Nina does not really impact these areas like El Nino doesbecause La Nina brings drought to farming areas and citiesbecause it brings rain and floods and there are many people in these areasbecause La Nina brings needed rain to these farming areas30s
- Q7If you are a farmer in Guatemala, when might you want to plant extra crops to make extra profits.in between these events because one is to dry and the other is too wetduring La Nina yearsduring El Nino yearsduring both events because both bring more rain to grow additional crops30s
- Q8Strong El Niño events happen every five years.FalseTrue30s
- Q9Winds are the link between the Southern Oscillation and ocean warming associated with El NiñoTrueFalse30s
- Q10The trade winds are weaker during an El Niño event.TrueFalse30s
- Q11Surface ocean temperatures of the eastern tropical Pacific are colder than average during an El Niño event.FalseTrue30s
- Q12Some of the heaviest annual precipitation occursCentral Américain the Saharaover most of Australiawithin the Amazon Basin30s
- Q13The warm, humid trade winds converge and produce abundant rainfall in the tropics.TrueFalse30s
