Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Oil drillers correctly anticipated that oil could be found beneath salt dome formations.
b. The Beaumont/Houston region was the first of the oil producing regions in Texas.
C. Some oil speculators found natural gas instead of oil when they were drilling.
d. East Texas was never able to establish itself as an oil producing region

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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