Amoeba acquires its food by the process of

Endocytosis

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Plasmolysis

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Osmosis

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Phagocytosis

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Solution

The correct options are
A Endocytosis
D Phagocytosis
The flexibility of the membrane enables the cell to engulf food and other substances (foreign particles) from its external environment by endocytosis and phagocytosis. Amoeba acquires its food by this process.

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Question 16
Amoeba acquires its food through a process called:

(a) Exocytosis
(b) Endocytosis
(c) Plasmolysis
(d) Exocytosis and endocytosis both

The process of obtaining food by amoeba is known as ___.

The process by which amoeba ingests food is known as:

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