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AMOEBA AS A UNICELLULAR

ANIMAL

AMOEBA IS AN IRREGULAR SHAPED


ANIMAL,IT FEEDS WITH THE AID OF
PSEUDOPODIA.AMOEBA IS DIVIDED
INTO TWO PARTS NAMELY THE
ENDOPLASM [THE INNER PART]S
AND ECTOPLASM[THE OUTER PART]
.IT FEEDS BY EXTENDING IT
PSEUDOPODIA WHENEVER IT
CAUGHT A PREY THEN] IT
ENGULFES IT WITH THE AIDS OF
PSEUDOPODIA ,AMOEBA DIGESTS
ITS FOOD BY THE FOOD VACUOLE
WHICH HELPS ALSO IN ABSORBING
THE NUTRIENTS IN THE PREY AND
RELEASE THE WASTE PRODUCT
INTO THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT .THE
ENDOPLASM HOUSES THE
CONTRACTILE VACUOLE WHICH
HELPS AMOEBA TO
OSMOREGULATE.

EUGLENA AS A UNICELLULAR
ORGANISM

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