EL NINO AND LA NINA

Question 1

also known as easterlies are the permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth’s equatorial region

Answer 1

Trade winds

Question 2

is a process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface.​

Answer 2

Upwelling

Question 3

is where surface water is forced downwards, where it may deliver oxygen to deeper water.​

Answer 3

Downwelling

Question 4

An oscillation can be a periodic motion that repeats itself in a regular cycle.​

Answer 4

Oscillation

Question 5

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.​

Answer 5

ENSO

Question 6

efers to the coherent and sometimes very strong year-to-year variations in sea-surface temperatures, rainfall, surface air pressure, and atmospheric circulation that occur across the equatorial Pacific Ocean​

Answer 6

ENSO cycle

Question 7

refers to the above-average sea-surface temperatures that periodically​develop across the east-central equatorial Pacific.

It represents the warm phase of the ENSO cycle​

an abnormal and lengthy warming in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean. ​

It starts at the end of the year or during Christmas season that is why; it is termed as El Niño which means “Christ child”.

Answer 7

El Niño

Question 8

refers to the periodic cooling of sea-surface temperatures across the east-central equatorial Pacific. ​

It represents the cold phase of the ENSO cycle ​

means Little Girl in Spanish. La Niña is also sometimes called El Viejo, anti-El Niño, or simply “a cold event.” ​

Answer 8

La Niña