Which statement best defines fertilization?
a. a fertilized egg that has begun cell division
b. the joining of an egg and a sperm
c. the period of about 40 weeks when a developing embryo or fetus is in the uterus
d. the process by which the uterus contracts to push the fetus out of the woman's body through the vagina

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