Which of the following statement is correct regarding reproductions?

The correct answer is option 4. i.e. Few animals possess male and female reproductive organs in the same organism.

• Reproduction in Plants-
  • Plants reproduce by sexual and asexual means.
  • Vegetative reproduction is the main mode of plant reproduction. Roots such as a corm, stem tuber, rhizomes.
  • Sexual reproduction in plants takes place through pollination in which the pollen grains from the anther of a male flower transfer to the stigma of the female flower. 
  • Few plants produce seeds without fertilization and the process is called apomixis. Here, the ovule or the ovary gives rise to new seeds.
• Reproduction in Animals-
  • Animals reproduce sexually as well as asexually.
  • Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of male and female gametes.
  • This process is known as fertilization. It can be external or internal.
  • External fertilization is the process in which the male sperm fertilizes the female egg outside the female’s body.
  • On the contrary, in internal fertilization, the fusion of male and female gametes takes place inside the body of the female.
  • Asexual reproduction involves reproduction processes such as binary fission, budding, fragmentation, etc.
  • The organisms have no reproductive systems and therefore no formation of male and female gametes takes place.
  • Few animals such as earthworms, snails, slugs, etc. are hermaphrodites and possess male and female reproductive organs in the same organism.