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What does the contractile vacuole do in the amoeba cell?

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Q: What does the contractile vacuole do in the amoeba cell?
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What structure expels excess water in the amoeba?

The water content is expelled by the contractile vacuole.


Who has contractile vacuole amoeba or paramecium?

paramecium has the contractile vacuole yooo!


How does amoeba remove wastes?

The common amoeba Amoeba proteus has an organelle called the contractile vacuole in order to get rid of waste. Waste collects in the vacuole, and the vacuole is then emptied, releasing its contents out of the cell.


Does amoeba have contractile vacuole?

No they do not have contractile vacuoles.


What controls the water content in an amoeba?

In an amoeba, the water content is controlled by the contractile vacuole. It fills with water (entering the amoeba by osmosis) and then empites the water once it reaches a certain level. If water was not displaced by the contractile vacuole, then the amoeba would burst.


What organelles are found in an amoeba?

Pseudopod, Vacuole, nucleus, membrane, Ectoplasm, Endoplasm, Cytoplasm


What is contractile vacuole in amoeba related with?

Contractile vacoule serve as the execretory organ in Ameoba.


Why Amoeba needs contractile vacuole?

If the solution inside the amoeba is more concentrated than the outside, the water will diffuse into the cell through osmosis and eventually cause it to burst when there is way too much. The contractile vacuole prevents it from bursting by pumping water back out.


How does amoeba gets rid of its waste?

Amoeba and many other creatures of the sort release their waste through the contractile vacuole . Amoeba have little feet, called pseudopod. When they eats, They engulf the food. It is then digested in the food vacuole, and released through the contractile vacuole.


Does an amoeba have more than one contractile vacuole?

no they have only one contractile vacuole because of it's environment, soil or water. A paramecium has two contractile vacuoles.


Organelle that pumps water out of the cell?

The Contractile Vacoule.


How does amoeba homeostasis?

It uses the Contractile Vacuole to pump out water. amoebas are retarted