Question

External fertilization is characterized by sperm fertilizing the egg within the female. True or false?

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B

False

External fertilization is a strategy of fertilization, in which a sperm cell unites with an egg cell in the external medium, rather than inside a specialized organ within the body of a parent. For example the spawning of eggs in frogs. The sperms and the eggs are released into the water and fertilization takes place in this medium.