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What is the global weather phenomenon characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific?

A) tsunami
B) photosynthesis
C) La Niña
D) El Niño

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D) El Nino because  EL Nina is the cooling of the water.Photosynthesis is to do with plants and Tsunami is a storm
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Answer:

D) El Nino

Step-by-step explanation:

Condition for El Nino effect:

  • In the central and eastern equatorial pacific sea surface, the sun makes the water hot, especially on the surface of the ocean.
  • Usually, trade winds push the warm surface water from South-America to the westward towards Indonesia.
  • This process lets the cooler water rise towards the surface of the ocean near south-America.
  • Where ever the surface of the ocean is hot more clouds form and naturally more rain falls in that part of the world.
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