<span>"That these little creatures survive in these small pools of water" is the whole noun clause You could replace that whole noun clause with "That fact" which is a noun phrase and have a sentence That fact is amazing where "that fact" would be the subject.
Likewise, </span>this whole noun clause represents A SUBJECT of the sentence because it corresponds with the predicate "is".
It’s to compete on politics because that’s the name
An independent clause is a sentence or part of one that can stand alone.
So I have a feeling that the first one is correct as "My sister and I love to cook" and "we spend hours cooking together" can both stand alone yet are joined by a semicolon.
I hope this has helped
The answer to this question is is false
if its supposed to be a true or false? it should be true.
