1. UNIT-THE CHEMICAL CHANGES OF
FOOD
TOPIC- NUTRITION IN AMOEBA
STANDARD-9TH
SUBMITTED BY ,
KEERTHY.P
NATURAL SCIENCE
KUCTE

2. NUTRITION IN
AMOEBA

3. OBJECTIVES
1.TO MAKE AWARE ABOUT HOW
NUTRITION IN AMOEBA TAKES PLACE.
2.TO MAKE AN AWARENESS THAT
NUTRITION IS ALSO PRESENT IN
MICRO ORGANISMS.
3.TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTION OF
PSEUDOPODIA.
4.TO MAKE AWARE THAT AMOEBA IS A
UNI CELLULAR ORGANISM.
5.TO MAKE AWARE THAT AMOEBA HAS
NO SHAPE.

4. FOOD
ALGAE
BACTERIA
SMALL PROTOZOANS

5. MODE OF FEEEDING
INGESTS FOOD USING PSEUDOPODIA

6. DIGESTION
TAKES PLACE IN THE FOOD VACUOLE FOUND IN
THE CYTOPLASM. THERE ARE ENZYMES THAT
CAN DIGEST STARCH, PROTEINS AND FATS

7. ABSORPTION
THE SIMPLE NUTRIENTS ARE ABSORBED IN TO
THE CYTOPLASM

8. EXCRETION
THE WASTES ARE EXPELLED THROUGH THE
BODY WALL

10. SHOWING
THE STEPS
OF
NUTRITION
IN
AMOEBA