The major function of contractile vacuole in amoeba is?

a

to secrete enzyme to digest food particles

b

to store excess food materials

c

to excrete nitrogenous waste

d

to absorb water from the surrounding

e

to collect and expel water in the cytoplasm

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mhiz bhenie
9 years ago

Here is an explanation:

The contractile vacuole in some unicellular organism is responsible for osmoregulation. (regulation of water and PH balance).

Etiga Agidedia
13 years ago

the contractile vacoule is the excretory organ of the unicellular organism,amoeba.so it retains water form its environment and excretes excess water from the organism

M4nd13
3 years ago

The answer is E. because the function of the contractile vacuole is to collect and pump water out of the cell through a process called osmoregulation.

Jemmyabim14
7 months ago

The contractile vacuole of an amoeba is used mainly for excretion of waste products by diffusion

ikexy
12 years ago

process by which amoeba excrete water water through it contractile vacuole is know as diffusion becos d area to volume ratio is high

Tumeric
4 years ago

The answer is c because contractile vacuole is an excretery organ for protozoa and amoeba is a protozoa

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