Which group scatters eggs in the environment?

• A. Bubble-nest builders
• B. Egg-layers
• C. Egg-scatterers
• D. Livebearers

Answer: (C)

Egg scattering is a reproductive strategy where many eggs are released into the water and left to develop with little to no parental care. This approach relies on producing a large number of eggs so that some will land in favorable conditions and hatch. The group described by this behavior is egg-scatterers, since they disperse their eggs across the environment rather than storing them in a nest or giving birth to live young. Bubble-nest builders place eggs in a floating nest and usually guard them, while livebearers give birth to free-swimming young rather than laying eggs. Egg-scatterers best fit the idea of releasing eggs into the environment for external fertilization.