Question

lithium—an integral component of clean energy technologies—is commonly extracted in chile, where it is drawn from ______ where miners blast lithium from the hard rock mineral, spodumene; and china, which takes most of its lithium from salt lakes in the country’s northwestern regions. which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of standard english? choose 1 answer: a brine reservoirs; australia, b brine reservoirs; australia c brine reservoirs, australia, d brine reservoirs, australia

Explanation:

The text is listing different locations and their lithium - extraction sources. A semicolon is used to separate different parts of the list, and after "Australia" there should be a comma to set off the non - essential clause that follows. Option A uses a semicolon to separate the source ("brine reservoirs") from the country ("Australia") and a comma after "Australia" which is correct in terms of Standard English punctuation for this context.

Answer:

A. brine reservoirs; Australia,