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When animals eat, the food is stored and digested in the stomach or a similar structure. But when a unicellular organism like this paramecium eats, the food is stored in which organelle?

A.
chloroplast


B.
mitochondrion


C.
nucleus


D.
vacuole

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They store food in a vacuole.

Ans D
User Manjeet Brar
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Answer:

D. vacuole

Step-by-step explanation:

Paramecium is a unicellular orgnism. It does not have any tissue or organ and organ systems. The ingested food goes into a vacuole called the food vacuole. Within the food vacuole digsetive enzymes are secreted that digest or break down complex food into simple soluble forms. The digested food is diffused into the cytoplasm.

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