El Nino & La Nina

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

• El Nino

• Normal

• La Nina

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Normally, atmospheric upwelling and rain occurs in the: 

• Far Western Pacific

• Western Pacific

• Eastern 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

• All over 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 worldwide

• The weather at the polar regions

• The directions that ships travel in the oceans.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Reduced/ weaker trade winds are a sign of

• La NIna

• El NIno

• Normal conditions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The image is of a(n):

• El Nino event

• La Nina event

• Non-El Nino (normal conditions)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• Normal (non-El Nino)

• El Nino

• La Nina

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

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

• weakens or reverses; west

• intensifies; east

• weakens or reverses; east

• intesifies; east

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why do the fisherman of Peru and South America not welcome a strong El Nino?

• El Nino poisons the fish

• El Nino causes strong winds and currents which move fish westward

• El Nino bring cold water to the surface which kills the base of the food chain

• El Nino shuts off upwelling and nutrients needed for the marine food chain do not rise to the surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4