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In obtaining nutrients from food during phagocytosis, the food vacuole needs to be able to break down the macromolecules of the ingested prey. How is this accomplished?
| A.the food vacuole is brought to the stomach where the food is digested | |
| B.the food vacuole selectively releases the necessary macromolecules to be digested by cytoplasmic enzymes | |
| C.the food vacuole merges with a lysosome to digest the food | |
| D.the food vacuole cuts the food into small pieces and shuttles them to mitochondria for digestion |
Solution
In obtaining nutrients from food during phagocytosis, the food vacuole needs to be able to break down the macromolecules of the ingested prey.
option C.the food vacuole merges with a lysosome to digest the food
