{"id":26499,"date":"2026-11-01T03:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/how-can-an-old-volcanic-island-become-lower-and-smaller-over-time\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:51:14","slug":"how-can-an-old-volcanic-island-become-lower-and-smaller-over-time","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/how-can-an-old-volcanic-island-become-lower-and-smaller-over-time\/","title":{"rendered":"How can an old volcanic island become lower and smaller over time?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can an old volcanic island become lower and smaller over time?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>A steady rise in fresh lava everywhere<\/li>\n<li>Permanent growth without erosion<\/li>\n<li>Construction of coral reefs alone<\/li>\n<li>Erosion and subsidence<\/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-26499","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>Geologic <strong>erosion and subsidence<\/strong> can reduce the size of an old volcanic island over time.<\/p><p>The islands have different sizes, populations, and geological ages, so one island should never be treated as representative of the whole state.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"A steady rise in fresh lava everywhere"},{"right":"no","answer":"Permanent growth without erosion"},{"right":"no","answer":"Construction of coral reefs alone"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Erosion and subsidence"}],"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\/26499","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=26499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=26499"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=26499"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=26499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}