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The flexibility of the cell membrane enables Amoeba to obtain its food through a process known as endocytosis. It uses pseudopodia, temporary extensions of its cell membrane, to surround and engulf its food. The engulfed particles are then enclosed in a food vacuole, where digestion takes place.
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What is osmosis?
Carry out the following osmosis experiment: Take four peeled potato halves and scoop each one out to make potato cups. One of these potato cups should be made from a boiled potato. Put each potato cup in a trough containing water. Now,
(a) Keep cup A empty
(b) Put one teaspoon sugar in cup B
(c) Put one teaspoon salt in cup C
(d) Put one teaspoon sugar in the boiled potato cup D. Keep these for two hours. Then observe the four potato cups and answer the following:
(i) Explain why water gathers in the hollowed portion of B and C.
(ii) Why is potato A necessary for this experiment?
(iii) Explain why water does not gather in the hollowed out portions of A and D.