Modified True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and if it is false change
the underlined word to make it correct.
El Niño is an abnormal and lengthy warming in the western part of the Pacific
Ocean.
2. La Niña is triggered by the cooling of the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean that
is why it is sometimes called "cold Pacific".
3. Normally, trade winds move from east to west.
4. La Niña starts at the end of the year or during the Christmas season.
5. El Niño happens when the upwelling of colder water is blocked by the large
quantities of cold surface water.
6. The El Niño phenomenon is characterized by extreme climatic conditions:
extreme temperature drop with a little rainfall, and at the opposite extreme,
there is unusually heavy rainfall.
7. La Niña is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperature in the
Equatorial Pacific which causes increased numbers of tropical storms in the
Pacific Ocean.
8. If La Niña occurs, there would be an increase of rainfall in some areas in the
Philippines.
9. La Niña causes the diseases related to water scarcity or shortage such as
diarrhea and skin diseases.
10.El Niño may increase disease related to contaminated water such as acute
gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, cholera and hepatitis A.​