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How does an Amoeba obtain its food?


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Mode of nutrition in amoeba:

  1. Amoebae are eukaryotic creatures that encase their food with the help of phagocytosis and endocytosis, in which pseudopodia are formed due to the plasma membrane's elasticity.
  2. Phagocytosis is the engulfment or ingestion of other cells by certain organisms.
  3. Amoebae use pseudopodia, which are extensions of the cell membrane, to swallow their food.
  4. Endocytosis is the process of engulfing a substance by invaginating the cell membrane and generating a vacuole.
  5. Pseudopodia are amoeba's transitory arm-like extensions that aid in nutrition collection and change the shape and size of the amoeba.
  6. It also serves as a locomotory organ.
  7. Amoebae use pseudopodia, which are arm-like projections on the cell surface, to take in food.
  8. It produces a vacuole by fusing over the meal particles.
  9. Complex compounds are broken down into simpler molecules inside the vacuole, which eventually diffuse into the cytoplasm.


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