Question

Q--define ingestion. how does ingestion occur in amoeba?

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Answer 1

Ingestion :

• The process of intake of food by mouth with the help of pseudopodia or villi ie. finger like projections used for engulfing the food.

• Ingestion in Amoeba takes place with the help of pseudopodia ( finger like extensions ) .

• It engulfs the food when it comes in contact with its cell surface.

Additional information :

• Now after this process, pseudopodia fuses over the food particle to form a food vacuole.

• Inside the food vacuole, complex food breaks into small soluble molecules and gets readily absorbed by the cytoplasm, ie. absorption.

• The undigested food material is removedby the cell membrane, which ruptures suddenly at any place and eliminates out the undigested food.

Answer 2

Explanation:

the process of intake of food by mouth is called in igestion