Which is false for nutrition in Amoeba?

Omnivorous

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Pseudopodia feeder

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Holozoic nutrition

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Photoautotroph

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Solution

The correct option is C Photoautotroph
Amoeba is an omnivore because it feeds on the algae, bacteria and protozoa. It has false feet known as pseudopodia which helps in the engulfment of food and water by the process of phagocytosis and pinocytosis. It adopts the holozoic mode of nutrition in which the amoeba engulfs the solid or liquid food by pseudopodia in food vacuole which is digested internally in the cellular fluid with the help of extracellular digestive system.
Photoautotrophs are the organism which prepares their own food in presence of sunlight. Amoeba is not considered as a photoautotroph as it takes food by holozoic mode of nutrition.
So, the correct answer is option D.

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