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What do protist eat?
The protists that are like animals feed on other protozoa, amoebas, and algae.
Is the amoebas helpful or harmful to humans?
Can be both harmful and helpful. They can be harmful to humans because, many types of amoebas can carry diseases, and some can feed on human tissue. They can get into our body by, contaminated food and contaminated water. Amoebas are also helpful because they are part of the food chain.
How do you catch brain eating amoebas?
Brain eating amoebas, Naegleria fowleri, are microscopic. They live in warm water, like runoff water from power plants, mud puddles, and warm lakes. They can live in temperatures up to 115º F. However, amoebas cannot survive in salt water or treated water. Amoebas enter the body through the nose, usually when swimming in untreated water. Amoebas travel up the nerve that is responsible for smell, from the nose to the frontal lobe of the brain. They feed on the brain, and release enzymes that dissolve brain tissue. Keep in mind, infection from brain eating amoebas are very rare.
What is an amoebas purpose in life?
While amoebas are only single celled protozoa, some types are beneficial to their enviorment while others can be quite harmful. Amoebas can be found in both fresh and salt water, soil, and as parasites in animals. The most common amoebas, like the ones you usually see in science lab in schools, feed on decaying matter at the bottom of streams. The amoebas that are parasites can be quite dangerous to humans and animals, causing severe infections.Read more: http://greenanswers.com/q/138820/nature-ecosystems/what-purpose-do-amoebas-serve-environment#ixzz14ApMcGnp
How do amoebas compete for food space to survive?
Amoebas compete for food as they feed on algae, plant cells, bacteria etc. They feed on other microorganisms through pseudopod. yes but how do they compete for space?
What do protist eat?
The protists that are like animals feed on other protozoa, amoebas, and algae.
Is the amoebas helpful or harmful to humans?
Can be both harmful and helpful. They can be harmful to humans because, many types of amoebas can carry diseases, and some can feed on human tissue. They can get into our body by, contaminated food and contaminated water. Amoebas are also helpful because they are part of the food chain.
Organism that must feed on another organism in the environment?
A Predator.
Interaction in which one organism captures and feed on another organism?
Predation
Amoebas are classified as a (carnivore herbivore omnivore)?
they are classified as herbivores, because the feed mainly on algae (in fresh water) which considered a plant.
How do you catch brain eating amoebas?
Brain eating amoebas, Naegleria fowleri, are microscopic. They live in warm water, like runoff water from power plants, mud puddles, and warm lakes. They can live in temperatures up to 115º F. However, amoebas cannot survive in salt water or treated water. Amoebas enter the body through the nose, usually when swimming in untreated water. Amoebas travel up the nerve that is responsible for smell, from the nose to the frontal lobe of the brain. They feed on the brain, and release enzymes that dissolve brain tissue. Keep in mind, infection from brain eating amoebas are very rare.
What is an amoebas purpose in life?
While amoebas are only single celled protozoa, some types are beneficial to their enviorment while others can be quite harmful. Amoebas can be found in both fresh and salt water, soil, and as parasites in animals. The most common amoebas, like the ones you usually see in science lab in schools, feed on decaying matter at the bottom of streams. The amoebas that are parasites can be quite dangerous to humans and animals, causing severe infections.Read more: http://greenanswers.com/q/138820/nature-ecosystems/what-purpose-do-amoebas-serve-environment#ixzz14ApMcGnp
How do amoebas compete for food space to survive?
Amoebas compete for food as they feed on algae, plant cells, bacteria etc. They feed on other microorganisms through pseudopod. yes but how do they compete for space?
What organism do deer feed on?
Shrubs, grass, trees, etc.
What are nuisance organisms?
the organism that feed on other living organisms
What organism feed on dead plant and animals and helps recycle?
Detritivores, Decomposers or saprotrophs(bacteria, fungi, and various types of worms) are organisms that feed on dead plants and animals and help recycle them by breaking them down into simpler molecules so that they can be absorbed by new plants.
What does it mean to filter feed?
It means to feed by filtering - in other words, the organism eats whatever it strains out of the water.
