Transcript Amoeba ppt - Effingham County Schools

Amoeba
Structure and Life
Amoeba are
animal like Protists
Animal like protists
are called Protozoa
Protozoans are
classed by their
method of
locomotion
Amoeba are
protozoans with a
pseudopod
A pseudopod is a
false foot
Amoeba ingest
food by
phagocytosis
This is surrounding
food with the
pseudopod
A food vacuole is
formed, and
digestion takes place
Amoeba Body Structure
Trailing End
Contractile
Vacuole
Food
Vacuole
Regulates
water, solute
content.
Excretes
wastes
Digests Food
Direction
Endoplasm
Jelly like substance that
fills the cell
Pseudopod
Nucleus
Contains Chromosomes,
controls reproduction
Ectoplasm
The Outside Layer
Forward
End
Review
Ectoplasm
The Outside Layer
Food Vacuole
Digests Food
Pseudopod
Endoplasm
Jelly like substance that
fills the cell
Contractile Vacuole
Regulates water, solute
content. Excretes wastes
Nucleus
Contains Chromosomes,
controls reproduction