Question

You discover an unknown protist. A section breaks off from the main protist specimen, and this piece develops into an adult protist. Select the type of reproduction your specimen underwent and the name of this particular process.(1 point)
Responses

asexual reproduction; budding
asexual reproduction; budding

sexual reproduction; conjugation
sexual reproduction; conjugation

asexual reproduction; fragmentation
asexual reproduction; fragmentation

sexual reproduction; fission

Answer 1

The correct response is:

**asexual reproduction; fragmentation**

In this case, the piece that breaks off from the main protist develops into an adult, which is characteristic of fragmentation, a form of asexual reproduction.