Question

What is the process of obtaining food by Amoeba called? What does it mean?

Answer 1

The process by which an Amoeba obtains its food is called phagocytosis (or holozoic nutrition). In Amoeba, this means the cell engulfs a food particle with its pseudopodia to form a temporary food vacuole, digests the food using enzymes, absorbs the soluble products into the cytoplasm, uses them for energy and growth (assimilation), and finally ejects the undigested remains (egestion).