El Niño
El Niño develops in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. This topic is part of Climate within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 5 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
El Niño trivia questions
El Niño involves unusual warming of surface waters in which ocean?
Answer: Tropical Pacific
Bonus fact: El Niño develops in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific.
El Niño is part of what climate pattern?
Answer: ENSO
Bonus fact: ENSO stands for El Niño-Southern Oscillation.
During El Niño, what usually happens to Pacific trade winds?
Answer: They weaken
Bonus fact: Weaker trade winds allow warm water to shift eastward.
El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of what climate cycle?
Answer: ENSO
Bonus fact: ENSO strongly affects weather around the world.
What ocean-atmosphere pattern in the tropical Pacific can significantly alter weather around the world every few years?
Answer: El Niño-Southern Oscillation
Bonus fact: ENSO alternates between El Niño and La Niña conditions and affects rainfall and temperature patterns globally.