EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Pseudopodia is a specialized cytoplasmic projection which is an attribute of the amoeba. It helps the amoeba in locomotion and to engulf the food.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pseudopodia is called the false feet as they are actually extensions of the cytoplasm or the thick liquid that is inside organisms like an Amoeba. The organism can change the shape of the pseudopodia based on the direction of movement and it can extend in a flexible manner.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pseudopodia are temporary projections of the cell membrane in amoeba that help them to move and feed. Amoeba engulf the food particle through pseudopodia, digest it inside the body and then throw out the waste material.

Detailed explanation-4: -pseudopodium, also called pseudopod, temporary or semipermanent extension of the cytoplasm, used in locomotion and feeding by all sarcodine protozoans (i.e., those with pseudopodia; see sarcodine) and some flagellate protozoans.

Detailed explanation-5: -Amoeba move by extension of the pseudopodium, attachment of the pseudopodial membrane to the substratum, and detachment of the membrane from the substratum at the posterior uroid, thus allowing the cell to translocate itself to an anteriorad location.