Use the Information to Answer the Following Question

question 55

Multiple Choice

Use the information to answer the following question.
Oviparous (egg-laying) animals have internal fertilization (sperm cells encounter eggs within the female's body) . Yolk and/or albumen is (are) provided to the embryo, and a shell is then deposited around the embryo and its food source. Eggs are subsequently deposited in an environment that promotes their further development, or are incubated by one or both parents.
The yolk of an animal egg has what type of analog in angiosperms?

• A) endosperm
• B) carpels
• C) fruit
• D) seed coat

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Definitions:

Acadian Orogeny

A middle Paleozoic mountain-building event in eastern North America; occurred when a series of landmasses, referred to as Avalonia, collided with the eastern coast of North America.

Seafloor Spreading

The process by which new oceanic crust is formed as magma rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, pushing older crust away from the ridge.

Accretionary Prism

A wedge-shaped mass of sediment and rock scraped off the top of a downgoing tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary, often leading to the formation of new land.

Volcanic Mountain Belt

A region typically found at convergent plate boundaries, characterized by a series of volcanoes formed from the melting of subducted lithosphere.