{"id":12622,"date":"2024-12-27T03:54:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T21:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=12622"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T21:54:37","slug":"how-were-the-rocky-mountains-formed","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/how-were-the-rocky-mountains-formed\/","title":{"rendered":"How were the Rocky Mountains formed?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1855,1851],"subject":[1846],"class_list":["post-12622","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-continental-divide","topic-major-mountain-ranges-in-the-united-states","subject-geography-of-the-united-states"],"mcq_note":"<strong>The Rocky Mountains were primarily formed by tectonic plate collisions and the resulting uplift of the Earth's crust.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe Rocky Mountains' formation is primarily attributed to a period of mountain building called the Laramide Orogeny, which occurred roughly 80 to 55 million years ago. This process involved the collision and subduction (one plate sliding under another) of tectonic plates beneath the North American plate. This compression and uplift of the Earth's crust resulted in the formation of the massive mountain range we know today as the Rockies.","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"By tectonic plate collision"},{"right":"no","answer":"By volcanic activity"},{"right":"no","answer":"By erosion alone"},{"right":"no","answer":"By meteor impact"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1846,"title":"Geography of the United States","slug":"geography-of-the-united-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":1855,"title":"Continental Divide","slug":"continental-divide"},{"id":1851,"title":"Major Mountain Ranges in the United States","slug":"major-mountain-ranges-in-the-united-states"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/12622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=12622"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=12622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}