Digestion in

Amoeba

AMOEBA
Amoeba is a single celled organism
found in pond water. Amoeba has a cell
membrane, a rounded, dense nucleus
and many small bubble like vacuoles in
its cytoplasm. Amoeba constantly
changes its shape and position. It pushes
out one, or more finger-like projections,
called pseudopodia. Most type of
amoeba are harmless but a few can
cause serious diseases in humans. It is
easy to study amoeba because they are
relatively large and almost transparent.

Amazing Facts of Amoeba

The term amoeba is derived from
the greek word amoibe which
means to change. Prior to that
amoeba was referred as proteus,
which is a Greek God who could
change shape.
The amoeba moves by constantly
changing its body shape. This also
helps it to gather food.
Amoeba feeds on metazoan,

NOW ITS QUIZ TIME

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Food vacuole .
Amoeba digest its ^in the
false feet is also called Pseudopodi
amoeba hasCell membrane
a.
a
nucleus
rounded
dense
and many Bubble like
Vacuoles

Pond
amoeba is formed in
Microscopic
water
.
Organisms
amoeba feeds
. on

Mcqs
a)

ARE SECRETED IN THE FOOD

VACOULE WHILE DIGESTION IN Amoeba
i) Mucus
ii) digestive system
iii)Bile
iv) pancreatic juices
b) The absorbed substances are used for
,
and
.
i) Maintenance
ii) growth
iii) Maintenance , growth iv) none
And multiplication

c) amoeba contantly changes it

,
and
.
i)Shape
ii)position
iii)Weight
iv)both (i)and (ii)
d) amoeba is a microscopic
.
i)Double celled
ii)single celled
iii)Tripled celled
iv)none
e)amoebas food vacuoles are situated
in the
.
i)Cell membrane
ii)nucleus
iii)cytoplasm
iv)none