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- what is phagocytosis?
○ how trichoplax adhaerens eats by engulfing its food
○ how trichoplax adhaerens moves using its cilia
○ how trichoplax adhaerens processes stimuli
○ how trichoplax adhaerens reproduces sexually
Phagocytosis is the process of a cell engulfing solid particles or other cells for nutrition or defense. Among the options, the first option describes Trichoplax adhaerens eating by engulfing food, which matches the definition of phagocytosis. The other options relate to movement (cilia), stimulus processing, or sexual reproduction, not phagocytosis.
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A. how Trichoplax adhaerens eats by engulfing its food