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El Nino Web Quest 2015

This document contains instructions for a web quest on El Niño, directing students to watch videos and answer questions about El Niño's effects. It asks students to research El Niño's impacts on weather patterns and marine life through various online resources. Questions cover topics like how El Niño impacts fishermen's livelihoods, its effects on different regions of the United States, and predictions for weather during an El Niño winter.

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El Nino Web Quest 2015

This document contains instructions for a web quest on El Niño, directing students to watch videos and answer questions about El Niño's effects. It asks students to research El Niño's impacts on weather patterns and marine life through various online resources. Questions cover topics like how El Niño impacts fishermen's livelihoods, its effects on different regions of the United States, and predictions for weather during an El Niño winter.

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Name: ______________________________ Date: ______________ #: _______

El Nio: Web Quest Discovery


Objective 5.E.1.3 : Explain how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence
local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.

Start by watching the following videos.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtI1e38zAlk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcbqu0G2T3U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvTivveFVS0
Use the following link to answer the questions below.
http://climate.ncsu.edu/edu/k12/.el_nino
1) Why do I need to care about El Nio occurring?
1) What is El Nio?
2) Where did El Nio get its name?
3) How often does it occur?
4) In what months do we typically see El Nios occur?
5) What happens to the Pacific Oceans (water temperature) during El Nio?
6) What effect do the winds dying down, and in some cases reversing, have on the waters?
7) What kind of weather could be expected during an El Nio?
8) Explain why some of this weather is so rare?
9) Describe the weather impact on the United States?
Use the following link to answer the next set of questions below.
http://www.softschools.com/facts/weather/el_nino_facts/578/
10) What impact does El Nio have on the livelihood of fishermen and why?
11) How does this impact our marine life?
12) True or false: Scientists know why El Nio happens.
13) What perfect on the Earths climate can El Nio impact?
14) True or false: El Nio is the greatest earth phenomenon.
Use the following video link to answer the next two questions.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ready-set-here-comes-el-nino/
15) El Nio is an ______________ warming of the _____________ Ocean near
the equator that changes weather pattern around the ____________.
16) What happens when 6 inches of rain comes to southern California?
Winter Weather Prediction Video:

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/news/articles/winter-forecast/60483/

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