{"id":25376,"date":"2026-10-16T23:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/new-jersey-early-paterson-mills-use-passaic-river-energy\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:29:29","slug":"new-jersey-early-paterson-mills-use-passaic-river-energy","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/new-jersey-early-paterson-mills-use-passaic-river-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"How did early Paterson mills use the Passaic River&#8217;s energy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How did early Paterson mills use the Passaic River&#8217;s energy?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>By using geothermal lava<\/li>\n<li>By directing water through industrial raceways<\/li>\n<li>By converting river water into coal<\/li>\n<li>By pumping oil from the falls<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[3258],"topic":[3542,3975],"education_level":[2495],"class_list":["post-25376","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-us-economy","topic-industrial-history","topic-new-jersey-facts","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Paterson's early manufacturers used raceways to direct waterpower to industrial facilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A raceway carries water toward machinery, allowing its flow to turn wheels or power equipment. This was a practical energy system before electric motors became widespread.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"By using geothermal lava"},{"right":"yes","answer":"By directing water through industrial raceways"},{"right":"no","answer":"By converting river water into coal"},{"right":"no","answer":"By pumping oil from the falls"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3258,"title":"U.S. Economy","slug":"us-economy"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3542,"title":"Industrial History","slug":"industrial-history"},{"id":3975,"title":"New Jersey Facts","slug":"new-jersey-facts"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":2495,"title":"Grade 7","slug":"grade-7"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/25376","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\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=25376"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=25376"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=25376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}