Question

Food Capture is the function of :
a. Food vacuole b. Nucleolus
c. Eye Spot c. Reticulopodium

Answer 1

Answer:

a. Food vacuole

Explanation:

a.Food vacuoles are circular portions of the plasma membrane that capture or encircle food particles when they enter the cell. When food particles are entered into the food vacuole the food gets digested and stored as energy. This energy is utilized by the cell.

b.The nucleus is the largest, most prominent organelle inside the cell. The functions of the nucleus are that it houses genetic material (DNA). it is the site of RNA production and it helps regulate cell metabolism by generating various enzymes.

c.Eyespot, also called stigma, a heavily pigmented region in certain one-celled organisms that apparently functions in light reception. The term is also applied to certain light-sensitive cells in the epidermis (skin) of some invertebrate animals (e.g., worms, starfishes).

d.function in protists

Reticulopodia are fine threads that may not only branch but also anastomose to form a dense network, which is particularly useful in entrapping prey. Microtubules are involved in the mechanism of movement, and the continued migration of an entire reticulum carries the cell in the…

Answer 2

Food vacuoles help in capturing of food.

Explanation:

• Scientists define "food vacuole" as a huge bag inside a cell that supplies food for the cell. Some cells in mammals, plants, fungi, and microbes use vacuoles to store cellular fuel.
• Others define "food vacuole" as a sort of digestive vacuole seen solely in protozoan microbes such as amoeba.
• Food vacuoles are membrane-bound sacs within cells which contains the food to be digested. Food is held in these intracellular "stomachs" while it is broken down and nutrients absorbed.
• Pseudopodia (false feet of amoeba) surrounds the food particle forming a vacuole, which aids in the engulfment of the food.
• When the food particle is entirely caught inside the amoeba's vacuole, the digestive enzymes are secreted, and the food is digested.
• The enzymes break down food particles in the food vacuole through a chemical reaction into simpler molecules that are soluble in the body.
• This process of engulfing food is called endocytosis and the mode of nutrition is holozoic.