Question

Explain the process of nutrition in Amoeba.​

Answer 1

Amoeba shows holozoic nutrition which is comprised of Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, Assimilation and Egestion.

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Ameoba traps food particles through fingerlike projections called pseudopodia. Pseudopodia present outside its body and helps in taking food along with water

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Food vacuoles are made after ingesting the food. Enzymes are released in the food vacuole for digestion.

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After digestion, nutrients enter the cytoplasm through osmosis.

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Nutrients are utilized by the cell for various purposes.

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Food vacuole goes near the cell membrane to empty its contents outside the cell. This results in the expulsion of waste materials from the cell.