Salma Argues that plasma membrane is flexible . She supports her argument with the example of amoeba . Help Salma justify her argument

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Please find below the solution to the asked query:

An amoeba can obtain its food by endocytosis : This is because plasma membrane is flexible. It is made up of lipids and proteins. The flexibility of cell membrane enables amoeba to engulf the food by the process of endocytosis.

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