Name: Digestion in Grass-Eating Animals
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 47 s
Description: Digestion in grass-eating animals involves the process of rumination. In this video, we will learn about the digestive system of ruminants and the importance...

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Explain the nutrition in Amoeba with the help of a diagram.

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Amoeba is a single-celled organism. It is an aquatic organism that feeds on microscopic organisms found in water. When Amoeba senses food in its surroundings, it starts moving in that direction with the help of finger-like projections called pseudopodia. The word pseudo means false and the word podia mean feet. These false feet enclose the food particles. This results in the formation of a cavity or space called the food vacuole.

The vacuole stores the food taken in. Some digestive juices are secreted into the food vacuole where the food is digested. The digested food is absorbed from the vacuole into the body. The vacuole with the undigested food then moves towards the edge of the body and bursts open to throw out the waste. This process of removing waste from the body is called egestion.

Diagram showing nutrition in Amoeba.

Explain the nutrition in Amoeba with the help of a diagram.

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