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The amoeba does not burst when put in water because it is already full of water. No water can enter the amoeba if it is already filled to capacity.
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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.
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.
How do people get amoeba?
Usually when you go swimming and water gets in your nose, there's ameba in the water, and when it gets in your nose you get amoeba.
Which substance found in th cytoplasm of an ameba is an inorganic compound?
Water is an inorganic substance found in the cytoplasm of an amoeba.
A kind of amoeba in the the water can cause?
dysentery
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 structure expels excess water in an omoeba?
Amoeba have a CONTRACTILE VACUOLE that expels water so that is won't burst.
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.
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.
Why does the amoeba die when cyanide is added to it's water?
Because the ameobas contractile vacuole stops working
Where are amoeba located?
in water
Where amoeba can found?
in the water
Where did the amoeba and name come from and why was it given that name?
It was given by A Greek God because in 1840 there was a disease in the Amoeba and there was Greek water made by a Greek god Amoeba that cured the amoeba naming It Amoeba
How do people get amoeba?
Usually when you go swimming and water gets in your nose, there's ameba in the water, and when it gets in your nose you get amoeba.
What would happen to fresh water amoeba if placed in salty water?
It will lose its water to the salty water by osmosis, the amoeba will crenate and die due to excessive loss of water.
Which substance found in th cytoplasm of an ameba is an inorganic compound?
Water is an inorganic substance found in the cytoplasm of an amoeba.
Where is amoeba habitat?
i think water....
