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Please help.. Which of the following best describes a La Niña?

A. It is the name for an unusually long El Niño event.

B. It has the opposite effect than does an El Niño event.

C. It is the cause of an El Niño event.

D. Its effects are localized, not global.

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The correct answer is
B. It has the opposite effect than does an El Niño event.

Since they are opposites, Nino and Nina mean boy and girl, and the climate changes are opposite just like those two words. El nino is when the temperature is lower and la nina when the temperature is higher.
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