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OpenStudy (anonymous):

PLZ HELP ME An amoeba eats some food. Which organelles will help store and digest it? vacuoles and lysosomes mitochondria and ribosome endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus

OpenStudy (anonymous):

first of all do you know what a vacuole is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no I don't really know what any of this is

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay i will help you through it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a vacuole is a space or vesicle within the cytoplasm of a cell, enclosed by a membrane and typically containing fluid.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so what does that mean?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

like in this pic

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lysosomes is an organelle in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells containing degradative enzymes enclosed in a membrane.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so does the answer have something to do with the vacuole?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

we are going through the chocies so we can go through them to see what is right or wrong

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

first do you know what a amoeba is in the question

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No because it isn't in my notes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

alright well its a a single-celled animal that catches food and moves about by extending fingerlike projections of protoplasm. Amoebas are either free-living in damp environments or parasitic.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

give me an example of an amoeba please

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/amoeba.htm

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