When the food enters the food vacuole in an amoeba, digestive juices are secreted. They act on the food in the vacuole and break it down into simpler substances.

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Solution

The correct option is A True
The amoeba takes the food in with the help of pseudopodia and forms a special vacuole to digest the particle. The digestive juices are secreted to digest the food particle completely.

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Statement 1: The body breaks down complex substances in food into smaller components in the digestive system.

Statement 2: Breaking down of food into simpler substances helps in easy and efficient absorption of nutrients.

Which of the following options describes the correct relationship between the two statements?

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