The state of california experiences periodic occurrences of severe drought conditions. which weather phenomenon most likely causes this and why? el niño, because of weakening of trade winds el niño, because of strengthening of trade winds la niña, because of increased upwelling of cooler waters la niña, because of decreased upwelling of cooler waters

Option C, La Niña, because of increased upwelling of cooler waters

Explanation:

La Niña is a climatic condition which lowers the temperature of surface ocean water along the west coast of South America. It makes the sea water temperature lower than the normal temperature. Due to lower temperature, higher than normal pressure builds over the central and eastern Pacific, this causes reduction in rainfall. Rainfall reduces as cloud production reduces due to up-welling.  

 Hence, option C is correct

an individual’s sex (i.e., whether they are a male or female) is determined by the sex chromosomes. most people have two sex chromosomes, one that is inherited from their mother and one that is inherited from their father. typically, females have two x chromosomes (xx) and males have one x chromosome and one y chromosome (xy). conditions caused by changes (“mutations”) in genes located on the x chromosome are considered x-linked.

x-linked recessive inheritance

most x-linked conditions are recessive. this means that in a person with two x chromosomes (most females), both copies of a gene (i.e., one on each x chromosome) must have a change or mutation whereas in a person with one x chromosome (most males), only one copy of a gene must have a mutation. a female with a mutation in one copy of a gene on the x chromosome is said to be a “carrier” for an x-linked condition. a male with a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome is typically affected with the condition. because females have two copies of the x chromosome and males have only one x chromosome, x-linked recessive diseases are more common among males than females. however, x-linked recessive diseases can occur in both males and females.

for x-linked recessive disorders, an unaffected carrier mother who has a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome can transmit either the x chromosome with this mutation or a “normal” x chromosome to her children. if the father is unaffected, none of her daughters will be affected and all of her daughters will be unaffected—since they will inherit at least one normal x chromosome from their father. however, each daughter will have a 50% chance of being an unaffected carrier like her mother and a 50% chance of both x chromosomes being normal.