Biology Lab 3 parts of amoeba

Question 1

cell membrane

Answer 1

boundary that separates the organism from the environment

Question 1

ectoplasm

Answer 1

thin, transparent layer of cytoplasm directly beneath the cell membrane

Question 2

endoplasm

Answer 2

granular cytoplasm containing the cell organelles

Question 3

nucleus

Answer 3

grayish, football shaped body and granular in appearance; organelle will often be moving in endoplasm

Question 4

contractile vacuoles

Answer 4

clear, spherical, gradually enlarge as they fill with excess water

Question 5

food vacuoles

Answer 5

small, dark, irregularly shaped located within the endoplasm; contain undigested food particles

Question 6

pseudopodia

Answer 6

fingerlike projections of the cytoplasm; used for locomotion and for trapping and engulfing food through a process called phagocytosis