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Subject: Will a common amoeba eat a common euglena?

Date: Mon Apr 7 19:40:31 1997
Posted by Stephen
Grade level: 7-9
School: Northwoods Montessori
City: Atlanta State/Province: GA
Country: U.S.of A.
Area of science: Cell Biology
ID: 860460031.Cb
Message:

I'm graduating from my school and my thesis, or graduate project, if you will, is the question I submitted with this note. An amoeba is omniverous, feeding off of algae and rotifers, to start the list, and an amoeba will eat just about anything smaller than itself. A euglena is considered and animal, but it has many plant characteristics, such as relying on photosynthesis to produce food, which, in my book, puts them at the bottom of the food chain. A euglena is only 25 to 100 microns long, while an amoeba averages 200 to 300 microns long, and the largest are 5 mm. long! I've had a hard time finding resources that come close to proving my theory, and I was wondering if you could help me. If you need help finding their classification, I can tell you that they are both in the kingdom Protista and the phylum Sarco-mastigophora.


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