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In Biology / Middle School | 2014-02-06

Describe how a sarcodine, such as an amoeba, gets food.

Asked by myhoneybee

Answer (2)

Well, the food is in the environment. I would like to compare it with how bacteriae feed (however my biology is quite rusty), that is, they engulf their food and they "digest" -- not the proper term, since there are no organs to do real digestion -- it.

Answered by Anonymous | 2024-06-10

Amoebas obtain food through the process of phagocytosis, where they extend pseudopodia to engulf food particles, forming a food vacuole. The vacuole then fuses with a lysosome to digest the food, allowing the amoeba to absorb nutrients. Any waste is expelled from the cell through exocytosis.
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Answered by Anonymous | 2024-12-26

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