Reproduction in vertebrates

The lion is...

• viviparous

• oviparous

The birds are

• Viviparous

• Oviparous

External fertilization usually occurs in _________ so that the egg and sperm cells do not dry out.

• fertilization

• internal

• water

• dry areas

Fertilization that takes place inside the female organism's body is ___________.

• internal fertilization

• gestation period

• external fertilization

• asexual reproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Shelled vertebrate egg with multiple chambers; allows for rapid development of large young in dry, terrestrial conditions

• amphibian egg

• amniotic egg

• viviparous

• cavier

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

How is the reptile egg protected from drying out on land?

• the egg has a carapace

• they egg as a plastron

• the egg has a leathery shell

• the egg has a hard shell

What is one benefit of having an amniotic egg?

• Their egg does not require oxygen

• their can have external fertilization

• their eggs are protected by jacobson's organs

• they do not have to return to the water to reproduce

The white shark is...

• viviparous

• oviparous

• ovoviviparous

These animals develop inside the mother's womb

• viviparous

• ovoviviparous

• oviparous

The eggs hatch inside the mother's body

• viviparous

• oviparous

• ovoviviparous