Question

Read the sentences.

Coastal regions have abundant flora and fauna. The climate in coastal regions is moderated by warmer ocean waters.

Which sentence combines the two sentences using an adjective clause?


The climate in coastal regions is moderated by warmer ocean waters, and the flora and fauna are abundant.
Coastal regions and places with warmer ocean waters have abundant flora and fauna.
Coastal regions, where climate is moderated by warmer ocean waters, have abundant flora and fauna.
Coastal regions have abundant flora and fauna, and the climate there is moderated by warmer ocean waters.

Answer 1

it wouldn't necessarily be a sentence it'd be a word it'd be therefore

Answer 2

C) Coastal regions, where climate is moderated by warmer ocean waters, have abundant flora and fauna.

Step-by-step explanation:

An adjective clause is a type of dependent clause whose function is to modify or describe nouns. Very often, an adjective clause may begin with a relative pronoun, namely, who, whom, whose, that, or which, or a relative adverb, namely, when, where, or why.

The sentence from option C is the only one that combines the two sentences using an adjective clause. In this sentence, “where climate is moderated by warmer ocean waters” is the adjective clause: it describes or gives further detail to the noun coastal regions and it begins with the relative adverb where.