TMJC 2025 J1H2 Tutorial 2 El Nino (Qns)

Higher 2 (9173) Tropical Environments TMJC Tutorial 2 Tropical Climates and El Niño 2025 Data Response Question: 1 Changes in Sea Surface Temperature (SST) is a phenomena that concerns many countries. Resource 1 shows a process occurring over the pacific ocean. Resource 2 shows the weekly SST anomalies in the month of February 2016. Resource 3 shows the occurrence of El Niño and La Niña events. Resource 4 shows the climatic impacts of El Niño events globally. a) Explain how the process occurring in Resource 1 would affect the climate of Australia and South America [5] b) Describe the Sea Surface Temperature anomalies as shown in Resource 2. [4] c) Using an annotated cross section sketch, explain how the Sea Surface Temperature anomalies in Resource 2 could have occurred and its effect on the climate of Australia and South America [6] d) Using Resource 3, compare El Nino and La Nina events from 1982 to 2016 [4] e) Using Resource 4, suggest possible impacts faced by different countries which occur during an El Nino event Try to use different keywords: Social, Economic, Environmental Impact Positive or Negative [6] Essay Questions: 2) ‘Precipitation varies across different climates in the humid tropics’. Evaluate this statement. [20]

Resource 1 for Question 1 Resource 2 for Question 1 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomalies across the Pacific Ocean

Resource 3 for Question 1 El Niño and La Niña trends from 1982 to 2016 S Resource 4 for Question 1 Climatic Impact of El Niño events globally