science

A Battle in Your Body

Title

Reading Text

When a sick person sneezes, a virus can spread through the air and be breathed into your lungs. It lands on one of your cells. Your cell has a cell membrane to protect it, but the tiny virus tricks the cell membrane into letting it inside. The cell must fight! The "boss" of the cell, the nucleus, has the instructions (DNA). The nucleus sends a message to make an antibody. An antibody is a special protein that fights the virus. To do all this work, the cell needs energy. The "powerhouse" of the cell is called the mitochondria. It makes energy for the cell to fight and stay healthy.

Activities

Vocabulary

Definitions:

Text: To keep someone or something safe.
Text: Air coming out of the nose suddenly and loudly.
Text: Power to do work or move.
Text: A very tiny thing that can make you sick.
Text: Body parts inside the chest used for breathing.
Text: To move to cover a larger area or reach more people.

Items:

Label: Virus
Answer: D
Label: Sneeze
Answer: B
Label: Lungs
Answer: E
Label: Protect
Answer: A
Label: Energy
Answer: C
Label: Spread
Answer: F

Fill In The Blanks:

Before: Cover your mouth when you
After: so you don't share germs.
Answer: sneeze
Before: We wear a helmet to
After: our heads.
Answer: protect
Before: You need food to give you
After: for the day.
Answer: energy
Before: The doctor said I have a
After: so I must stay home.
Answer: virus
Before: I sent a text
After: to my friend on the phone.
Answer: message

Scrambled:

Text: to be generated
Answer: A virus can spread through the air.
Text: to be generated
Answer: The cell has a membrane to protect it.
Text: to be generated
Answer: The nucleus sends a message.
Text: to be generated
Answer: An antibody is a special protein.
Text: to be generated
Answer: The cell needs energy to work.

Comprehension

Questions:

Text: A virus can enter your body when someone sneezes.
Answer: true
Text: The cell membrane always stops the virus.
Answer: false
Text: The nucleus is the "boss" of the cell.
Answer: true
Text: The mitochondria makes antibodies to fight the virus.
Answer: false
Text: The cell needs energy to stay healthy.
Answer: true