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Contents Introduction Normal Pacific currents Changes with El Niño
Measurement Effects Research Prediction Conclusions

Quiz

Thank you for and congratulations on reaching the end of my project! To check you have remembered what you have read, you can take this quiz. The idea for it came from this site.

Instructions

Fill your answers to the following questions into the boxes below each one. Click Mark once you have filled each one in. Click Reset if you want to clear all the boxes. The data will then be sent away and hopefully an instant response will be produced tel ling you how well you did. Many thanks to Stewart for helping me get this CGI working. The code for the CGI is available for inspection if you like.

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The Quiz Itself

  1. Who coined the term "Walker cell"?
  2. What does SOI stand for?
  3. El Niño was first noticed in the west through the trading of which commodity (answers in Spanish please)?
  4. What was Walker's first name (excluding 'sir')?
  5. Which cell is between the Hadley and Polar cells?
  6. How warm do the waters off Indonesia reach in degrees C?
  7. How is the boundary between warm and cold waters termed?
  8. Which year did the strongest El Niño ever begin?
  9. What is el Niño's main effect on Australia?
  10. What are its links with other phenomena called?
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