Amoeba use _____________ to ingest food by a method known as phagocytosis.

Podia

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Parapodia

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Pseudopodia

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Peripodia

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Solution

The correct option is C
Pseudopodia

Amoeba does not have a fixed limb or any part for helping it to ingest the food. It ingests food by the process of phagocytosis. It develops pseudopodia, temporary projections, to take the food inside its body. Pseudopodia literally means false feet.

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Statement 4: Amoeba engulf food via phagocytosis.

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