Question

Explain the process of amoeba.

Answer 1

Answer :

Amoeba

• An Amoeba is a shapeless, single celled organism. It feeds on plankton and diatoms present in water. Watch this video to learn about the process of Feeding and Digestion in amoeba.

• Amoeba eats tiny plants and animals present in pond water where it lives. An Amoeba takes in food by extending arm-like structures called pseudopodia from any part of its body, since it is shapeless.

Digestion process in amoeba

• When a food particle comes near the Amoeba, then the Amoeba produces two pseudopodia around the food particle and surrounds it.

• The two pseudopodia then join around the food particle and trap it in a food vacuole with a little water. The food vacuole contains digestive enzymes which break down the food into nutrients and undigested waste.

• The nutrients from the food are directly absorbed by the body of the Amoeba, the Cytoplasm. The undigested wastes are simply thrown out of the body through a rupture anywhere in the cell wall. After the nutrients are absorbed, the vacuole disappears.