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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.

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Why would an Amoeba die if placed in salt water?

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What is osmoregulators?

osmoregulation is the regulation of water content in the body. It controls the permiability of the walls of the collecting duct.


Why does Amoeba not burst when but into water?

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.


Why does water move into the amoeba living in fresh water?

When single cell freshwater organism is transferred in salt water it will shrink. For e.x. As in case of amoeba if fresh water amoeba is kept in salt water it contractile vacuole will disappear and this phenomena is called osmoregulation.


What will happen if amoeba is put in distilled water?

since distilled water is hypotinic to the amoeba's cell sap water moves into the amoeba through osmosis diluting it's cell sap, the contractile vacuole become more active in order to eliminate excess water


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