Keith is observing a slide of an amoeba under a compound microscope. He places a stained fine particle of yeast near the amoeba. He observes that the amoeba is engulfing this particle by extending its pseudopodia. Which process is the amoeba exhibiting?
a) pinocytosis
b) exocytosis
c) phagocytosis
d) receptor mediated endocytosis



Answer :

C. Phagocytosis is the process that the amoeba is exhibiting.