{"id":26293,"date":"2026-11-01T03:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/explains-why-two-maps-assign-different-lengths-to-florida-coastline\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:49:38","slug":"explains-why-two-maps-assign-different-lengths-to-florida-coastline","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/explains-why-two-maps-assign-different-lengths-to-florida-coastline\/","title":{"rendered":"What explains why two maps assign different lengths to Florida&#8217;s coastline?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What explains why two maps assign different lengths to Florida&#8217;s coastline?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Only changes in population density<\/li>\n<li>Different spatial resolution and treatment of inlets and island shores<\/li>\n<li>One map measured climate instead of shorelines<\/li>\n<li>Florida&#8217;s coastline has a single resolution-independent measurement<\/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-26293","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>Different spatial resolution and treatment of inlets and island shores<\/strong> is correct. The apparent length of Florida's coastline varies with mapping resolution and whether small inlets and barrier-island shorelines are traced.<\/p><p>A more detailed shoreline map can measure additional inlets and curves, changing the recorded length.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Only changes in population density"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Different spatial resolution and treatment of inlets and island shores"},{"right":"no","answer":"One map measured climate instead of shorelines"},{"right":"no","answer":"Florida's coastline has a single resolution-independent measurement"}],"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\/26293","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=26293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=26293"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=26293"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=26293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}