No products in the cart.

what is digestion of amoeba

CBSE, JEE, NEET, CUET

CBSE, JEE, NEET, CUET

Question Bank, Mock Tests, Exam Papers

NCERT Solutions, Sample Papers, Notes, Videos

what is digestion of amoeba
  • 1 answers

Yogita Ingle 7 years, 4 months ago

  • Amoeba is omnivorous organism. It feeds on plants, microorganisms, smaller organisms etc. Nutrition is holozoic. 
  • Amoeba does not possess any mouth. It can ingest through any place on the surface of cell membrane. 
  • Amoeba has a sense of ability to accept food molecules and reject non-food particles. 
  • Amoeba extends its pseudopodia when the food is found. 
  • Pseudopodium just wraps around the food molecule and forms a food vacuole around it. 
  • An amoeba engulfs its prey along with a droplet of water in the food vacuole inside the cytoplasm. 
  • Food vacuoles circulate in the cytoplasm by streaming movements. 
  • The prey can be killed and digested with the help of the digestive enzymes secreted by the food vacuole. 
  • Digestion is intracellular in amoeba. 
  • The diffusible substances resulting from the process of digestion are uilised in synthesisng more protoplasm. They are also stored as reserved food. They are also used to generate energy by the process of respiration.
  • The undigested food is sent out through an opening appearing on the vacuole by changing the shape of the body. This process is called as egestion.
https://examin8.com Test

Related Questions

What are the end product of photosynthesis?
  • 0 answers
Describe the photosynthesis process
  • 2 answers
What is meant by 'basicity' of an acid
  • 2 answers

myCBSEguide App

myCBSEguide

Trusted by 1 Crore+ Students

Test Generator

Test Generator

Create papers online. It's FREE.

CUET Mock Tests

CUET Mock Tests

75,000+ questions to practice only on myCBSEguide app

Download myCBSEguide App