Question

which is the best way to complete the text? polar bears have translucent fur that appears white in the ______ makes them well adapted to life in the arctic, where blending in with the snow helps them approach prey undetected. sunlight; this sunlight; since this sunlight, this sunlight and this

Explanation:

The first clause "Polar bears have translucent fur that appears white in the sunlight" is an independent complete sentence. We need to connect it to the next independent clause "this makes them well adapted..." correctly. A semicolon can join two related independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction. Using a comma alone would create a comma splice, "since" would make the second clause dependent (breaking the sentence flow here), and "and" would require a comma before it for two independent clauses, which is not the case here.

Answer:

sunlight; this