The Spanish Mounted Explorations of the Present-Day Southwest in the United

question 21

True/False

The Spanish mounted explorations of the present-day Southwest in the United States to try to find gold.

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Definitions:

Portuguese Man-of-War

A marine cnidarian species known for its painful sting, characterized by its floating, gas-filled bladder and long tentacles.

Hydrozoans

Members of a class of predominantly marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria, which includes the Portuguese man-of-war, certain jellyfish, and hydra.

Ctenophores

A phylum of marine animals known as comb jellies, characterized by their gelatinous bodies and rows of ciliary plates for movement.

Flatworms

A group of invertebrates belonging to the phylum Platyhelminthes, known for their flattened bodies and lack of specialized respiratory and circulatory systems.