Question

Compare digestion in amoeba and rhizopus

Answer 1

Amoeba is a unicellular organism a. It has a holozoic mode of nutrition, as it takes the whole food particle inside its body with the help of pseudopodia.

Answer 2

Digestion in amoeba:

• Amoeba is a "unicellular organism" that has holozoic digestion process.
• The amoeba takes in whole food particle which is the broken down into simpler forms so that it can be digested and used by the amoeba.

Digestion in rhizopus:

• Rhizopus is a saprophytic that feeds on dead plants and animals.
• The digestion in rhizopus takes place with the help of digestive juices.
• Rhizopus secretes "digestive juices" directly on the food.
• The food becomes soluble and is then digested by the fungus.