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How does Amoeba engulf its food?

Amoeba consumes food with the help of pseudopodia . Pseudopodia are temporary finger-like projections of the cell surface, which fuse over the food particle. This results in the formation of a food vacuole.

It is inside this food vacuole that complex substances are broken down into simpler ones. These are then diffused into the cell cytoplasm. The remaining undigested material is thrown out of the cell surface.

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Amoeba can constantly change its shape. It forms finger-like projections calledpseudopodia(meaning false feet). around its prey and engulfs it. The food thus eaten gets trapped in the food vacuole. An Amoeba feeds on algae, rotifiers, protozoans, and even other small Amoeba. Digestive juices are secreted inside the food vacuole in an Amoeba.Theses juices act on the food and break it down into smaller components. The digested food is later absorbed by the Amoeba for growth, maintenance, and multiplication. The waste material or undigested food is then expelled out of the body.

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She is right.

If we have to say it in short form then it goes this way,

The flexiblity of the plasma membrane of amoeba helps it to englup food from its outer envionmentdirectly. this proces is called endosytosis.

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