. How does an Amoeba obtain its food

Best Answer

Explanation :

• An amoeba is a single-celled organism. Endocytosis or phagocytosis is the method through which it acquires its meal.
• Endocytosis is a process in which the plasma membrane spreads outwards to swallow particles on the outside.
• In Amoeba, the plasma membrane engulfs food particles on the outside and transports them inside the cell via endocytosis by producing a food vacuole around the particle with pseudopodia.

Final Answer :

Food is taken in by amoeba by transient finger-like projections of the cell surface that fuse over the food particle to create a food vacuole. Complex compounds are broken down into simpler ones inside the feeding vacuole and diffuse into the cytoplasm.