The term El Niño in meteorology describes a prolonged warming period in the Pacific Ocean near the equator. The
increase in surface water temperature caused by El Niño can last
up to two years.
What is the most likely effect of El Niño conditions?

Match the following vocabulary terms to their definitions. 1. amount of energy required to change 1 gram of material from the solid to the liquid state at its melting point 2. a measure of the kinetic energy of the particles of a substance 3. the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of liquid water from 14.5°c to 15.5°c 4. amount of energy required to change 1 gram of material from the liquid to the gaseous state at its boiling point 5. the amount of energy required to change 1 gram of a substance 1°c a. temperature b. latent heat of vaporization c. latent heat of fusion d. calorie e. specific heat

Which set of characteristics best describes igneous rock? a) largest type of rock, made of organic matter, hardest type of rock b) least abundant type of rock, made of other rocks, made mostly of minerals c) found on all continents, contains wavy bands of stripes, contains fossils d) most abundant type in earth's crust, made of magma/lava, contains no fossils

Many ionic compounds and a few highly polar covalent compounds are because they completely ionize in water to create a solution filled with charged ions that can conduct an electric current.