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SAI International School
                                            Subject- Biology, Class-VII
                                            Topic- Nutrition in Animals
                                          Subtopic- Nutrition in Amoeba
                                                       Module- 11
                                                     Lesson Notes


                                                NUTRITION IN AMOEBA






































               Amoeba is a single–celled microscopic organism found in the pond water.

                   •  It has no fixed shape.

                   •  Amoeba has a cell membrane, a rounded, dense nucleus and many small food
                       vacuoles in its cytoplasm.
                   •  It has finger-like projections called Pseudopodia.

                   Functions of pseudopodia

                   (i)  Amoeba engulfs its food with the help of pseudopodia. They stretch around the
                       food and fuse with each other.

                   (ii) Helps in locomotion.
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