{"id":26267,"date":"2026-11-01T03:49:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/can-changes-in-the-kissimmee-basin-affect-south-florida-wetlands\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:49:37","slug":"can-changes-in-the-kissimmee-basin-affect-south-florida-wetlands","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/can-changes-in-the-kissimmee-basin-affect-south-florida-wetlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Why can changes in the Kissimmee basin affect South Florida wetlands?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why can changes in the Kissimmee basin affect South Florida wetlands?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Lake Okeechobee has no hydrologic connections<\/li>\n<li>All watersheds stop at county boundaries<\/li>\n<li>The Kissimmee system drains only to Alaska<\/li>\n<li>Water pathways connect the basin, Lake Okeechobee and downstream Everglades<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[1846],"topic":[4057,4063],"education_level":[1897],"class_list":["post-26267","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-geography-of-the-united-states","topic-florida-facts","topic-florida-water-ecosystems","education_level-graduate"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Water pathways connect the basin, Lake Okeechobee and downstream Everglades<\/strong> is correct. The Kissimmee-Lake Okeechobee-Everglades connections make upstream changes consequential for downstream conditions.<\/p><p>The Everglades are a connected watershed, not just the land inside Everglades National Park.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Lake Okeechobee has no hydrologic connections"},{"right":"no","answer":"All watersheds stop at county boundaries"},{"right":"no","answer":"The Kissimmee system drains only to Alaska"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Water pathways connect the basin, Lake Okeechobee and downstream Everglades"}],"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":1897,"title":"Graduate","slug":"graduate"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/26267","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=26267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=26267"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=26267"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=26267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}