Select “Correct” If the Sentence Is Punctuated Correctly, “Run-On” If

question 17

Multiple Choice

Select “correct” if the sentence is punctuated correctly, “run-on” if it is a run-on, and “comma splice” if it is a comma splice.
-The last shop closed at nine o'clock, the mall was deserted by ten.

• A) correct
• B) run-on
• C) comma splice

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, a key mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin.

Landscape Genetics

An interdisciplinary field that combines landscape ecology and population genetics to study the effects of the environment on the genetic variation of species.

Evolution

The mechanism by which diverse species of organisms are considered to have emerged and varied from their predecessors over the course of the Earth's history.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that causes allele frequencies to change randomly over time due to chance events.