Amoeba Flashcards
1
Q
Endoplasm
A
Fluid like
Grainy appearance
Food vacuoles and waste materials
2
Q
Ectoplasm
A
Becomes soft in places to allow development of pseudopod
Endoplasm moves into soft spaces
3
Q
Pseudopod
A
Extend in direction the amoeba wishes to move to
Amoeba uses pseudopod to engulf preys
4
Q
Food vacuoles
A
Pseudopod excretes digestives enzymes into the vacuole created
Food is stored here
5
Q
Contractile vacuole
A
Water moves into amoeba due to osmosis
Vacuole created to hold the excess water
Moves to edge of cell and burst open to release the water
6
Q
Hypertonic
A
High solute concentration + low water concentration compare to body fluids
7
Q
Isotonic
A
External solution has same solute concentration and water concentration compare to body fluid
