Use the Information to Answer the Following Question

question 45

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 shell of a fertilized animal egg has what type of analog in angiosperms?

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

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Definitions:

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Shortage Costs

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