Keith is observing a slide of an amoeba under a compound microscope. He places a stained fine particle of yeast near the amoeba. He observes that the amoeba is engulfing this particle by extending its pseudopodia. Which process is the amoeba exhibiting?

pinocytosis

exocytosis

phagocytosis

receptor mediated endocytosis

Question

Keith is observing a slide of an amoeba under a compound microscope. He places a stained fine particle of yeast near the amoeba. He observes that the amoeba is engulfing this particle by extending its pseudopodia. Which process is the amoeba exhibiting? 

pinocytosis

exocytosis

phagocytosis

receptor mediated endocytosis

anonymous · Answer

Phagocytosis is when one organism engulfs another