Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

El Nino is a weather phenomenon of the Pacific Ocean which is (1) _____ by an abnormal (2)___ of water on the surface of the ocean. It has the (3) ____ to influence global weather patterns as it brings drought to some continents and (4)_____ rain to others. It was first (5) ___ by fishermen coming from Spanish ports in the Pacific in the 17^th century. It got its name (Spanish for “boy child”) because it usually takes (6)___  near Christmas time. It can cause catastrophic (7)____. The 1982 El Nino (8)____ in 1,500 deaths, but it can be a lot worse than that. Sea animals, (9)___ fish and birds, also die in large numbers. It is (10)______ that sailors in the Pacific can smell the dead sea-life during El Nino.

It has the (3) ____ to influence global weather patterns as it brings drought to some continents and (4)_____ rain to others.