Which Weather Pattern Is Characteristic of a La Niña Event

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which weather pattern is characteristic of a La Niña event?

• A) high pressure over the western Pacific
• B) high ocean surface temperatures
• C) warm and dry weather in the southern U.S.
• D) ocean surface waters moving from west to east
• E) air movement from west to east

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Definitions:

Therians

Mammals excluding the monotremes, comprising the live-bearing marsupials and placental mammals, characterized by traits such as viviparity and mammary glands.

Therapods

A group of bipedal dinosaurs, mostly carnivorous, that includes modern birds and their extinct ancestors like Tyrannosaurus rex.

Tyrannosaurus

Tyrannosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaurs that lived approximately 68 to 66 million years ago, known for being one of the largest land predators of its time.

Homology

Refers to the existence of shared ancestry between a pair of structures, or genes, in different species.