explain the process of nutrition in amoeba with the help of well labelled diagram
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Amoeba takes in nutrition by the process called phagocytosis. In this process, a solid food particle is first surrounded by pseudopodia ( cytoplasmic filled projection of cell membrane) and forms a vacuole called as phagosome
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Following are the steps involved in the nutrition in Amoeba:
(i) Ingestion: Amoeba ingests food along with a little amount of the surrounding water. It does this using its pseudopodia and forms a food vacuole.
(ii) Digestion: The food in the food vacuole is digested by the digestive enzymes that enter from the cytoplasm.
(iii) Absorption: The digested food is directly absorbed in the cytoplasm of the Amoeba cell by diffusion.
(iv) Assimilation: Some part of the digested food is used for acquiring energy for various life processes. This is done through respiration.
(v) Egestion: The undigested food is thrown out of the body through the cell membrane.
