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How do amoebas and white blood cells take in food?
By the process of engulfment Amoebas take in food by phagocytosis, whereby small particles are engulfed by the cell and carried to the cytoplasm. Technically, white blood cells do not "take in food," however, the mechanism by which they engulf microorganisms, cellular debris, or other waste products is phagocytosis as well.
The process of breaking down food into usable materials?
Digestion is the process of breaking down food into usable materials, and is one function of the digestive system. The other function, absorption, makes these materials available to all cells in the body.
How do large food particles enter the amoeba?
The amoeba uses phagocytosis (it surrounds it and brings it into a vesicle).
How do amoebas protect themselvs?
They can not. They are the lowest organism in the food chain.
How do shelled amoebas get food into their shells in order to eat?
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What does amoeba eat by?
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. Amoebas reproduce (make more amoebas) by a process called binary fission.
How do amoebas and white blood cells take in food?
By the process of engulfment Amoebas take in food by phagocytosis, whereby small particles are engulfed by the cell and carried to the cytoplasm. Technically, white blood cells do not "take in food," however, the mechanism by which they engulf microorganisms, cellular debris, or other waste products is phagocytosis as well.
An amoeba ingest large food particles by what process?
An amoeba ingests large food particles by the process of endocytosis.
The process of breaking down food into usable materials?
Digestion is the process of breaking down food into usable materials, and is one function of the digestive system. The other function, absorption, makes these materials available to all cells in the body.
How do the amoeba get their food?
AMOEBAS use pseudopods to get food...
How do large food particles enter the amoeba?
The amoeba uses phagocytosis (it surrounds it and brings it into a vesicle).
What forms food vacuoles to digest food particles?
amoebas
Compare how phytoplankton amoebas and Giardia lamblia get food?
Amoebas use pseudopodia to engulf food, phytoplankton produce their own food, and G. lamblia is a parasite that feeds on a host.
What kingdom's organism causes food poison?
In Mexico, amoebas get in the water. people get food poisoning and call it moctezuma's revenge. Amoebas are protists. Protists are in the Kingdom Protista.
What Kingdom organism would cause food poisoning?
In Mexico, amoebas get in the water. people get food poisoning and call it moctezuma's revenge. Amoebas are protists. Protists are in the Kingdom Protista.
How amoebas protect themselves?
They can not. They are the lowest organism in the food chain.
How do amoebas eat?
Surrounding the tiny particles of food with psuedopods
