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Amoeba, facts about amoebasAmoeba is a very simple kind of animal. It consists of a single cell, and belongs to the lowest division of the animal kingdom; the protozoans (see Protozoans, kinds of protozoans).
Amoeba, facts about amoebasAll the processes of life take place within the single cell of the amoeba. A large amoeba is just visible to the naked eye (click to increase) An amoeba moves by extending a pseudopod - a finger-like projection of a jelly-like substance called protoplasm - in the direction of travel. The rest of the amoeba flows into the pseudopod. To feed, the amoeba extends pseudopod around a food particle and then engulfs it.
Amoeba facts: an amoeba moves by the forward flow of its living material An amoeba is about 1/100 of an inch across. It reproduces by dividing into two new amoebae. Amoebae live in fresh and salt water, in soil, and in men and animals. One amoeba causes a type of dysentery in man.
An amoeba reproduces by dividing in two. First the nucleus divides, then the rest of the cell. More detail facts about amoebas you can find at this page You can read these articles also: |
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