Sperms require an environment to be viable.

acidic

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alkaline

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halophilic

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Solution

The correct option is B alkaline
Sperm requires an alkaline environment to remain viable. This condition is provided by the secretions of the prostate gland which makes the seminal fluid alkaline. Inside the vagina, the environment is acidic, leading to the death of most of the sperms entering them.

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The cervix and the vagina have an acidic environment which kills most of the sperms.

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