Add a comma or semicolon if needed.

Question

Australia's Great Barrier Reef encompasses a chain of coral reefs, islands, and sandbars along the Queensland ___ the reef is home to tropical fish, stingrays, giant turtles, humpback whales, and thousands of other marine creatures.

(1 point)
Responses

,
,

;
;

Nothing needed

Answer 1

In this sentence, a semicolon would be appropriate to separate the two independent clauses. Therefore, the correct choice is:

;

So the sentence would read:

"Australia's Great Barrier Reef encompasses a chain of coral reefs, islands, and sandbars along the Queensland; the reef is home to tropical fish, stingrays, giant turtles, humpback whales, and thousands of other marine creatures."