Question

Describe the process of nutrition in amoeba.draw labelled diagram to show various step of nutrition in amoeba.

Answer 1

Amoeba engulfs tiny particles of food with the help of its false feet called Pseudopodia. This process is called circumvallation. The Pseudopodia close to form a small cavity called food-vacuole. Here, the enzymes help the breakdown of food into simpler and soluble molecules. This then get absorbed and assimilated and residue is thrown it's through the contractor vacuole, as Amoeba had no anus so it excrete from any part.

Answer 2

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■ Amoeba takes in food using temporary finger like extension of the cell surface which fuse over the food particle forming a food vacuole.

■ Inside the food vacuole,complex substances are broken down into simpler ones which then diffuse into the cytoplasm.

■ The remaining undigested material is moved to the surface of the cell and thrown out.

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