The scientist's research focused on the impact of climate change on the migratory patterns of birds. She found that warming temperatures were causing birds to shift their migration routes to the north, which could have significant consequences for their survival.
","stem_html":"Which choice provides the most logical and grammatically correct way to combine the sentences? Warming temperatures were causing birds to shift their migration routes to the north, which could have significant consequences for their survival.
","rationale_html":"The best way to combine the two sentences is to use a comma and a coordinating conjunction. "And" is a logical connector, since the second sentence explains the consequences of the action mentioned in the first sentence. The other options don’t flow as well, either because they don’t use correct punctuation or because they use a connector that doesn’t make sense in the context.
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