The method in which amoeba eat food is called

Phagocytosis

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Pseudopodia

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Potocytosis

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None of the above

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Phagocytosis

The process of consuming food by amoeba is called phagocytosis. Amoeba use pseudopodia to perform phagocytosis. This term means “cell eating”.

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