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This is a wind circulation pattern that changes directions with the seasons.

This is the combined ocean and atmospheric cycle that weakens trade winds in the Pacific Ocean.

Chapter 14, Lesson 2 - Climate Cycles

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This is the combined ocean and atmospheric cycle that weakens trade winds in the Pacific Ocean.
El Niño/Southern Oscillation
La Niña/Southern Oscillation
La Niña/Northern Oscillation
El Niño/Northern Oscillation
2
This is a wind circulation pattern that changes directions with the seasons.
Squall
Monsoon
Typhoon
Tsunami
3
This is a period with below-average precipitation.
Desertification
Famine
Dust Bowl
Drought
4
These are cold periods lasting hundreds to millions of years when glaciers cover much of Earth.
Frigid Eons
Deep Freezes
Polar Epochs
Ice Ages
5
Glaciers retreat during these, the warm periods that occur during ice ages.
Warm Zones
Thermal Shocks
Hot Spots
Interglacials