Answer the following:

Amoeba cannot digest fats. Why?

● Amoeba is a unicellular organism.

● It is an omnivore as it feeds on bacteria, diatoms, unicellular algae, minute protozoa, and zooplankton.

● The ingested prey enters the food vacuole where digestion takes place.

● Digestive enzymes contains amylase and protease

● Amylase converts complex carbohydrates into simple sugars.

● Protease converts proteins into amino acids.

● There is no fat digesting enzyme is secreted by lysosome, hence fats cannot be digested in Amoeba.

● Digested food is diffused into the cytoplasm from the food vacuole.