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____1. What do you call the episodes of ocean warming that affect the eastern tropical Pacific?
A. La Niña
B. monsoons
C. El Niño
D. trade winds
____2. Which of the following is a possible condition during an El Niño event?
A. drought in Australia
B. more rain during the dry season in Florida
C. trade winds weaken
D. all of the above
____3. Complete the sentecne: Some of the heaviest annual precipitation occurs ______.
A. over most of Australia
B. within the Amazon Basin
C. in the Sahara
D. within the Pacific
____4. Which of the following event is an outcome of the 1997-98 El Niño event?
A. floods from Texas to the Gulf states
B. significant coastal erosion in California
C. Landslides along the California coast
D. all of the above
____5. What is the term used to describe the correlation between a persistent weather pattern occurring in one region with recurrent weather patterns in other regions of the world.
A. precipitation
B. teleconnection
C. fluctuation
D. ENSO
____1. What do you call the episodes of ocean warming that affect the eastern tropical Pacific?
A. La Niña
B. monsoons
C. El Niño
D. trade winds
____2. Which of the following is a possible condition during an El Niño event?
A. drought in Australia
B. more rain during the dry season in Florida
C. trade winds weaken
D. all of the above
____3. Complete the sentecne: Some of the heaviest annual precipitation occurs ______.
A. over most of Australia
B. within the Amazon Basin
C. in the Sahara
D. within the Pacific
____4. Which of the following event is an outcome of the 1997-98 El Niño event?
A. floods from Texas to the Gulf states
B. significant coastal erosion in California
C. Landslides along the California coast
D. all of the above
____5. What is the term used to describe the correlation between a persistent weather pattern occurring in one region with recurrent weather patterns in other regions of the world.
A. precipitation
B. teleconnection
C. fluctuation
D. ENSO
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1.) C el Niño
>Episodes of ocean warming that affect the eastern tropical Pacific are called. Your Answer: El Niño. 2. Strong El Niño events happen every five years.
2.) A drought in Australia
3.) B pki check
4.) D all of the above
5) D enso
>The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a recurring climate pattern involving changes in the temperature of waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. ... El Niño and La Niña are the extreme phases of the ENSO cycle; between these two phases is a third phase called ENSO-neutral.
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