Question
Explain the digestion process in Amoeba with the help of diagram.
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Answer
Amoeba is unicellular organisms, it captures food with the help of finger like projections called pseudopodia helps amoeba to engulf the food. Food now become trapped in food vacuole and with the help of digestive juices complex food converts into simple substances. Gradually the digested food is absorbed and undigested food is expelled outside by the vacuole.
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