Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pR7TNzJ_pA&feature=youtu.be Examine an amoeba. Note its locomotion, termed amoeboid movement, which is the slow extension of the cytoplasm, the associated cytoplasmic streaming, and the apparent retraction   How do you think amoeba eat? What do you think amoeba eat?

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Examine an amoeba. Note its locomotion, termed amoeboid movement, which is the slow extension of the cytoplasm, the associated cytoplasmic streaming, and the apparent retraction
 
How do you think amoeba eat? What do you think amoeba eat?
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Step 1Amoeba

An amoeba also called an amoeboid, is a type of cell or unicellular organism which has the ability to alter its shape, primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods which is a arm like projection filled with cytoplasm as it is shown in the video.

Step 2What amoeba eats
 
1.The food sources of amoebae do  vary on the types of amorba.
 
2.Some amoebae are predatory and live by consuming something smaller than themselves like bacteria and other protists. Some are detritivores and eat dead organic while some eat algae, , plant cells, and microscopic protozoa and metazoa  
 
3.Some amoebas are parasites.
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