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

sexual reproduction; fission
sexual reproduction; fission

asexual reproduction; budding
asexual reproduction; budding

asexual reproduction; fragmentation
asexual reproduction; fragmentation

sexual reproduction; conjugation

Answer 1

The correct response is:

**asexual reproduction; fragmentation**

In this scenario, the main protist specimen breaks off a section that develops into an adult, which describes the process of fragmentation, a form of asexual reproduction.