Amoeba

Question 0

How does an amoeba move?

Answer 0

They move by stretching their cytoplasm into finger like extensions called pseudopodia.

Question 1

What are the animal-like Protista called?

Answer 1

Protozoans

Question 2

Where would you find an amoeba?

Answer 2

Ponds

Puddles

Inside people

Question 3

Describe the eating process of the amoeba.

Answer 3

It eats by wrapping it’s pseudopodia around the food practical it’s consuming in a process called phagocytosis. Then the food is digested by the enzymes in the amoeba’s lysosomes. Then it goes into the food vacuole.

Question 4

Describe the disease cause by amoebas.

Answer 4

Amebic Dysentery is a disease caused by drinking contaminated water. The ameba then gives the infected person cramps or diarrhea.