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When El Niño occurs every three to five years, a mass of warm Pacific water that is usually pushed westward by trade winds


A) Surges back eastward toward South America
B) Becomes much warmer than usual, strengthening trade winds
C) Cools dramatically
D) Sinks and therefore cools substantially
E) Surges northward toward Japan

F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

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