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Amoebas move using psuedopodia (which means "false feet") and feed by phagocytosis- by englufing solid food through their cell membrane by use of internal food vacuole. Pseudopods are used to find food

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Amoeba moves by using a foot-like projection called pseudopods which they also use to eat food.

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What body part allows amoeba to move?

The psuedopod is used to help the amoeba move, and also to eat. It is a part of the amoeba's body that it can stretch out and pull itself with.


Is Amoeba a nonliving?

amoebas are alive and able to move and eat


How is amoeba able to move?

Amoeba can move by pseudopodium


Which if the three move the slowest a paramecium amoeba or euglena?

Amoeba move the fastest


How fast can amoeba move?

An amoeba can move 2.6 billion light years. Hopes that this helps!!!!! =D


Do amoeba move fast or slow?

An amoeba can move 2.6 billion light years. Hopes that this helps!!!!! =D


What do amoeba eat on?

Amoeba eats other organisms and smaller protists


How does Amoeba eat's?

By osmosis


What does an amoeba use to move?

pseudopodia


Why would an Amoeba die if placed in salt water?

Freshwater amoeba in salt water will have a higher solute content outside of the amoeba. The water in the amoeba will want to move out of the amoeba and into the environment. This will cause the amoeba to shrivel and die.


When does a amoeba eat?

To eat, the amoeba stretches out the pseudopod, surrounds a piece of food, and pulls it into the rest of the amoeba's body. Amoebas eat algae, bacteria, other protozoans, and tiny particles of dead plant or animal matter.


What protistans move by the means of pseudopods?

amoeba