Which statement best describes fertilization in the moss life cycle?
a. Pollen is blown by the wind to a female cone, where it forms a pollen tube that grows toward where the egg
will form.
b. Flagellated sperm swim in a film of water on the surface of the plant to reach an egg.
c. Flagellated sperm are blown by the wind to a location near an egg, and then swim through plant fluids to reach
the egg.
d. Flagellated sperm swim through plant fluids to reach an egg.
e. Flagellated sperm attach to the moist skin of certain animals and are transferred to the surface of the plant to
ANSWER: b
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