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What is it called when a single cell ameba surrounds a particle of food?
This process is called phagocytosis. The ameba engulfs the food particle by extending its cell membrane around it, forming a food vacuole which contains the particle for digestion.
When an amoeba engulfs a particle of food what is formed?
Two pseudopodia are extended with microtubular action and surround the food particle. Instead of reeling the particle in the amoeba pulls itself up to the particle and then it is ingested through the cellular membrane.
What is ingestion in Ameba?
The ameba extends out and wraps around a food particle in a process called phagocytosis.
Does an amoeba engulfs a particle of food require energy?
Yes, engulfing a particle of food by an amoeba requires energy as it involves the process of endocytosis where the cell membrane surrounds and engulfs the food particle. This process requires ATP, the cell's energy currency, to power the necessary molecular machinery.
What process is an amoeba using when it engulfs a food particle?
The process an amoeba uses when it engulfs a food particle is called phagocytosis. During phagocytosis, the amoeba extends its pseudopods around the food particle, forming a food vacuole. Then, enzymes are secreted into the vacuole to digest the food. The digested nutrients are absorbed by the cell.
How does an ameba get food?
They move around using a foot-like projections called pseudopods. Amoebas also use these pseudopods to capture food.Then creates a food vacuole around the food particle.
In an amoeba a small cavity within the cytoplasm that stores food is called?
In an amoeba, the small cavity within the cytoplasm that stores food is called a food vacuole. This structure is formed when the amoeba engulfs a food particle through the process of phagocytosis, and the food vacuole serves to digest and break down the food for nutrients.
A sarcodine engulfs food by?
surrounding the food with pseudopodia
Where is the food after the amoeba engulfs it?
Hamburger
Process that amoebas use to take in food and other materials?
Amoebas use phagocytosis to take in food and other materials. During phagocytosis, the amoeba extends its cell membrane around the particle and engulfs it, forming a food vacuole. The food is then digested inside the vacuole.
Do ameba's make their own food?
Yes they can
A cell has formed a food vacuole as it ingested a food particle Which of the following events is associated with the breakdown of that food particle?
Digestion of the food particle occurs in a vesicle enclosed by a membrane that separates the digestion from the cytoplasm
