{"id":26495,"date":"2026-11-01T03:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/how-can-a-hotspot-create-a-chain-of-volcanoes\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:51:14","slug":"how-can-a-hotspot-create-a-chain-of-volcanoes","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/how-can-a-hotspot-create-a-chain-of-volcanoes\/","title":{"rendered":"How can a hotspot create a chain of volcanoes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can a hotspot create a chain of volcanoes?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>The hotspot moves each island by ocean currents<\/li>\n<li>A moving plate carries older volcanoes away from the magma source<\/li>\n<li>Glaciers deposit each volcano at fixed intervals<\/li>\n<li>Earth&#8217;s surface remains fixed above the hotspot<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[1846],"topic":[4068,4094],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-26495","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-geography-of-the-united-states","topic-hawaii-facts","topic-hawaii-plate-tectonics","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A volcanic<\/strong> hotspot can produce a linear chain of volcanoes as an overlying tectonic plate moves.<\/p><p>The Pacific Plate moves generally northwest over a volcanic hotspot, producing a chain with older islands toward the northwest.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"The hotspot moves each island by ocean currents"},{"right":"yes","answer":"A moving plate carries older volcanoes away from the magma source"},{"right":"no","answer":"Glaciers deposit each volcano at fixed intervals"},{"right":"no","answer":"Earth's surface remains fixed above the hotspot"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1846,"title":"Geography of the United States","slug":"geography-of-the-united-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":4068,"title":"Hawaii Facts","slug":"hawaii-facts"},{"id":4094,"title":"Hawaii Plate Tectonics","slug":"hawaii-plate-tectonics"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":1895,"title":"SSC","slug":"ssc"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/26495","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=26495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=26495"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=26495"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=26495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}