The swing between El Niño and La Niña weather patterns is known as:

El Nino effect is closely associated with

The El Nino/Southern Oscillation is where westerly trade winds over the Pacific Ocean periodically slacken, thereby allowing warm equatorial waters to move from the to the Pacific. This brings more to parts of North and South America and to Indonesia and Australia.

What is El Niño

The above information describes "El Nino". A weather pattern that occurs approximately every five years in the Pacific Ocean. Which of the following conclusions is supported by the information above?ATrade winds help maintain some food chains.BTrade winds produce useful minerals in some oceans.CTrade winds can reverse parts of the water cycle.DTrade winds may be able to reduce greenhouse gases.

El Niño - Southern Oscillation (choose the best answer):Question 3Select one:a.is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenonb.involves only changes in ocean temperaturec.involves only the atmosphere - specifically changes in rainfalld.is not related to the ocean or the atmospheree.occurs because of the seasonsf.c and e only