Question

What are the false feet of amoeba known as?

• A. Food Vacuole
• B. Pseudopodia
• C. Water Vacuole
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Pseudopodia

The correct option is B.

Explanation of the correct option:

1. A single-celled eukaryotic organism with no precise shape that moves via pseudopodia.
2. Pseudopodia, also known as pseudopods, are cell extensions.
3. It is also called "false feet."
4. The pseudopodia help in movement and food capturing.

Explanation of the incorrect option:

Option A:

1. Vacuoles are areas of a cell that are completely devoid of cytoplasm.
2. Food vacuoles are membrane-bound sacs.
3. All fungal cells and plants, as well as specific proteins, bacterial cells, and mammals, contain it.
4. Unicellular protozoans have a food vacuole.
5. Unicellular protozoans include Plasmodium, Amoeba, and others.

Option C:

1. A contractile vacuole is another name for a water vacuole.
2. It expands and contracts.
3. The contractile vacuole's job is to pump water out of the cell through a process known as osmoregulation.
4. Freshwater contains a lower concentration of solutes than the amoeba's own internal fluids, hence the contractile vacuole is required.
5. In freshwater amoeba, if the contractile vacuole is missing, the cell will fill with surplus water and finally rupture.

Final answer: The false feet of Amoeba are known as pseudopodia.