La Nia Means The Little Girl in Spanish

La Niña Means The Little Girl in Spanish. Represents a cooling of sea water across eastcentral Equatorial Pacific. Occur when trade winds (normally move east to west) pick up. This shifts the warm water farther west and upwelling of cold water increases off the western coast of South America.

Effects of La Niña Climate trends tend to be the opposite of El Niño. Winter temperatures are warmer than normal in the Southeast and cooler than normal in the Northwest.

Moon Observation 1. How does the moon change over the course of the month? 2. Do you know the name of any moon phases? 3. Prediction: What causes the moon phases to change?

Why does the Moon have Phases? Moon has phases because it orbits the Earth, which causes the portion we see illuminated to change. Moon takes 27. 3 days to orbit Earth Lunar Phase Cycle (New Moon to New Moon) is 29. 5 days

Moon Phases New Moon: Moon is so close to sun that the side of the Moon Facing Earth is not Illuminated Full Moon: Moon is behind Earth in space with respect to the Sun. As sun sets Moon is fully exposed to sunlight.

Moon Phases 1. New Moon 2. Waxing Crescent 3. First Quarter 4. Waxing Gibbous Moon 5. Full Moon 6. Waning Gibbous 7. Last Quarter Half Moon 8. Waning Crescent

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Tides: Periodic rise and fall of large bodies of water. Caused by the gravitational interaction between Earth and the Moon. Gravity is the force that causes tides.

Tides On the side of the Earth closest to the moon, the force of gravity is greater. Gravity pulls water in the direction of the moon, creates a tidal bulge. Side farthest from Moon water is also pulled and it creates an equally large bulge.

Tides News Flash: How much does the moon move each day? Not much

Tides Moons slight movement, causes the tide to remain in the same place as the Earth rotates. Stand in one place for 24 hours and you would see 4 tides. 2 high tides and 2 low tides

Tides Sun affects the tides during new and full moons. Sun & Moon align during these times and increase the pull of gravity causing a larger tidal range. Tidal range: the difference in height between successive high and low tides.