{"id":26577,"date":"2026-11-01T03:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/which-observation-supports-the-hawaii-hotspot-and-plate-motion-explanation\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:51:30","slug":"which-observation-supports-the-hawaii-hotspot-and-plate-motion-explanation","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/which-observation-supports-the-hawaii-hotspot-and-plate-motion-explanation\/","title":{"rendered":"Which observation supports the Hawaii hotspot and plate-motion explanation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which observation supports the Hawaii hotspot and plate-motion explanation?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>All island rocks have identical ages<\/li>\n<li>Older volcanic rocks occur only on the youngest islands<\/li>\n<li>Volcanic ages increase generally toward the northwest<\/li>\n<li>The Pacific Plate is completely motionless<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[1846],"topic":[4102,4068],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-26577","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-geography-of-the-united-states","topic-hawaii-environmental-geography","topic-hawaii-facts","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>The distribution<\/strong> of Hawaiian volcanic ages is consistent with northwestward Pacific Plate motion relative to the hotspot.<\/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":"All island rocks have identical ages"},{"right":"no","answer":"Older volcanic rocks occur only on the youngest islands"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Volcanic ages increase generally toward the northwest"},{"right":"no","answer":"The Pacific Plate is completely motionless"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1846,"title":"Geography of the United States","slug":"geography-of-the-united-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":4102,"title":"Hawaii Environmental Geography","slug":"hawaii-environmental-geography"},{"id":4068,"title":"Hawaii Facts","slug":"hawaii-facts"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":1896,"title":"HSC","slug":"hsc"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/26577","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=26577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=26577"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=26577"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=26577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}