The type of fertilization that one would expect to find in this specie is EXTERNAL FERTILIZATION. External fertilization is the type of fertilization in which the male sperm fertilize the female eggs out of the female's body. This type of fertilization usually occur in aquatic environment.
The fern should be found on the west side of the mountain ranges at higher elevations because the prevailing winds are from the west off the Pacific Ocean so bring moisture in the clouds and as the clouds rise up over the westernmost mountains they cool off and precipitate so in the warm seasons rain would be concentrated in this area and higher up would be cooler.
The Periodic Table can predict the properties of new elements, because it organizes the elements according to their atomic numbers.
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