Question

Similarities and differences between nutrition in amoeba and human beings.

Answer 1

Similarity between nutrition in Amoeba and human beings.
Both Amoeba and human have holozoic type of nutrition.

Differences between nutrition in Amoeba and human beings.
Digestion in Humans
(i) Humans have a mouth and a complex digestive system. A human ingests food through mouth.
(ii) Digestive juices are secreted in the buccal cavity, stomach, and small intestine.
(iii) Digestion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fact starts in separate regions.

Digestion in Amoeba
(i) Mouth and digestive system are absent in Amoeba. It ingests food through pseudopodia.
(ii) Digestive juices are secreted in the food vacuole.
(iii) All the food components are digested in the food vacuole.