You have written your script and have Alex read it to give you advice on what to adjust. Alex states the following sentence needs to be revised.

Question

The environment is critical to people and animals. The environment must be protected.

How can you rewrite these sentences with an effective transition?
Question 3 options:

The environment is critical to people and animals. However, it must be protected.

The environment is critical to people and animals and, therefore, must be protected.

The environment is critical to people and animals, and, on the other hand, it must be protected.

The environment is critical to people and animals, and first, it must be protected.

Answer 1

The best option for revising the sentences with an effective transition is:

The environment is critical to people and animals and, therefore, must be protected.

This option clearly connects the importance of the environment to the need for its protection in a logical manner.