Multiple choice

The mode of nutrition in amoeba is

  1. autotrophic

  2. heterotrophic

  3. mixotrophic

  4. holozoic
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Holozoic nutrition involves ingestion of solid organic food, like Amoeba engulfing food particles via phagocytosis. Amoeba cannot make its own food (not autotrophic). While it is heterotrophic (obtains food from external sources), 'holozoic' more specifically describes its mode of ingesting particulate matter.

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