{"id":26164,"date":"2026-11-01T03:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/can-florida-st-johns-river-flow-northward\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:49:24","slug":"can-florida-st-johns-river-flow-northward","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/can-florida-st-johns-river-flow-northward\/","title":{"rendered":"Why can Florida&#8217;s St. Johns River flow northward?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why can Florida&#8217;s St. Johns River flow northward?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Florida tilts north only during summer<\/li>\n<li>Ocean tides force every river northward<\/li>\n<li>Its channel follows a northward decrease in elevation<\/li>\n<li>All rivers must flow toward the equator<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[1846],"topic":[4057,4063],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-26164","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-geography-of-the-united-states","topic-florida-facts","topic-florida-water-ecosystems","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Its channel follows a northward decrease in elevation<\/strong> is correct. River flow direction depends on elevation gradients, not on whether the river is north or south on a map.<\/p><p>Land elevation, water, rock, and climate jointly shape Florida\u2019s terrain.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Florida tilts north only during summer"},{"right":"no","answer":"Ocean tides force every river northward"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Its channel follows a northward decrease in elevation"},{"right":"no","answer":"All rivers must flow toward the equator"}],"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":4063,"title":"Florida Water &amp; Ecosystems","slug":"florida-water-ecosystems"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":1895,"title":"SSC","slug":"ssc"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/26164","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=26164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=26164"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=26164"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=26164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}