Name an animal where fertilization takes place outside the female body.

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Solution

External fertilization:
The type of fertilization in which the fusion of male and female gametes takes place outside the body of the female is called external fertilization.
In fish and frogs, fertilization takes place outside the female body.

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(a) Internal fertilization occurs

(i) in female body.

(ii) outside female body.

(iii) in male body.

(iv) outside male body.

(b) A tadpole develops into an adult frog by the process of

(i) fertilization

(ii) metamorphosis

(iii) embedding

(iv) budding

(i) none

(ii) one

(iii) two

(iv) four

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