{"id":26012,"date":"2026-11-01T03:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/can-barrier-islands-affect-nearby-coastal-waters\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:49:10","slug":"can-barrier-islands-affect-nearby-coastal-waters","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/can-barrier-islands-affect-nearby-coastal-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"How can barrier islands affect nearby coastal waters?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can barrier islands affect nearby coastal waters?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>They prevent all hurricanes<\/li>\n<li>They raise mountains above glaciers<\/li>\n<li>They buffer lagoons from direct ocean waves<\/li>\n<li>They turn seawater into freshwater<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[1846],"topic":[4057,4058],"education_level":[2494],"class_list":["post-26012","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-geography-of-the-united-states","topic-florida-facts","topic-florida-geography","education_level-grade-6"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>They buffer lagoons from direct ocean waves<\/strong> is correct. Barrier islands can protect lagoons and estuaries from direct ocean waves.<\/p><p>Coasts include bays and barrier islands; the exact shoreline length depends on how it is measured.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"They prevent all hurricanes"},{"right":"no","answer":"They raise mountains above glaciers"},{"right":"yes","answer":"They buffer lagoons from direct ocean waves"},{"right":"no","answer":"They turn seawater into freshwater"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1846,"title":"Geography of the United States","slug":"geography-of-the-united-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":4057,"title":"Florida Facts","slug":"florida-facts"},{"id":4058,"title":"Florida Geography","slug":"florida-geography"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":2494,"title":"Grade 6","slug":"grade-6"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/26012","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=26012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=26012"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=26012"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=26012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}