2006-10-02 10:09:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
An amoeba completely engulfs its food and creates a food vacuole inside of itself, where it digests the food for energy.
2006-10-02 10:13:07 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It engulfs 'o's using pseudopods to make it a fat 'amoeba'.
Amoeba eat algae, bacteria, plant cells, and microscopic protozoa and metazoa - some amoeba are parasites. They eat by surrounding tiny particles of food with pseudopods, forming a bubble-like food vacuole. The food vacuole digests the food. Wastes and excess water are transported outside the cell by contractile vacuoles.
2006-10-06 07:26:22 · answer #2 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amoeba obtains food with the help of pseudopodia, which encircles the food and engulfs to form a food vacuole.
2006-10-02 19:54:30 · answer #3 · answered by moosa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As it only has a cell membrane and a nucleus and its shape is changing all the time, so it encircles the food particle, the enzymes in its cytoplasm digest it, and the food is absorbed and assimilated.
2006-10-02 17:16:01 · answer #4 · answered by Rustic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋