In obtaining nutrients from food during phagocytosis, the food vacuole needs to

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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

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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.

option C.the food vacuole merges with a lysosome to digest the food

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