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WEATHER
CAUSES
OCEAN CURRENTS
EFFECTS
FUN FACTS
100
The weather in Peru during El Niño.
What is wet/rainy/warm.
100
El Niño begins in this ocean.
What is Pacific Ocean?
100
The rising of cold, deep water to the surface.
What is upwelling
100
The result of too little rain.
What is a drought
100
"El Niño" in English.
What is boy
200
The weather in Australia during an El Niño year.
What is dry
200
Winds blowing from east to west
What is trade winds?
200
The surface of ocean water is this temperature during an El Niño.
What is warm
200
The result of too much rain.
What is flooding
200
Weather in Oregon during a La Niña year.
What is wet and cold
300
Cooling that sometimes follows El Niño.
What is La Niña?
300
Winds that die down and cause El Niño.
What is trade winds
300
This temperature of water stays at the bottom of the ocean during El Niño.
What is cold
300
When there is not enough food for people and livestock.
What is starvation
300
Penguins' bellies during an El Niño event.
What is empty
400
Weather in Oregon during an El Niño year.
What is warmer than usual?
400
Warm waters of El Niño are usually seen during this season
What is winter
400
Things that are swept up from the ocean floor to the ocean surface during an upwelling.
What is nutrients/minerals?
400
An effect of too little rainfall in forests.
What is forest fire
400
The first people to discover El Niño.
What is Peruvian fisherman?
500
A natural disaster that occurs over warm waters
What is a hurricane?
500
How often El Niño occurs.
What is 3-7 years
500
Trade winds usually move in this direction
What is east to west?
500
Amount of fish for fishermen off the coast of Peru during El Niño.
What is smaller than usual.
500
Years that had unusually strong El Niño effects.
What is 1982-83 or 1997-98.