Why Is Fertilization in Flowering Plants Called Double Fertilization

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Multiple Choice

Why is fertilization in flowering plants called double fertilization?

• A)it takes two pollen grains to fertilize a single ovule
• B)two ovules must be fertilized to form a single seed
• C)two cells in the ovule are fertilized, the egg and the endosperm mother cell
• D)one pollen grain fertilizes two ovules
• E)it takes the efforts of two flowers (male and female)to produce seeds

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