Cell & Microbes - a book review

The book I read is called Cells and Microbes, by Louise & Richard Spilsbury. I enjoyed this book a lot, because I learned a lot of new & cool stuff.

I learned some new words in this book:

• infection - when microbes like bacteria or viruses make part of an animal's body sick
• antibiotics - drugs that doctors give you to make you well, when you are sick
• methane - a type of gas
• identical - the same as someone or something else
• lactic acid - a substance that can stop food going bad
• nerve - a type of cell that sends messages around an animal's body
• nutrient - something that we get from food to live & grow
• photosynthesis - the way that plants use sunlight to make sugar for food

Two types of microbe:

• bacteria - can be killed by antibiotics
• virus - can't be killed by antibiotics

Two types of animal cell:

• red blood cells
• nerve cells

I think the most interesting type of cell in this book is the white blood cell, because the cells can move around our body & kill the bad microbes.

My favourite chapter was "Plant Cells" because in this chapter they explain about photosynthesis and it was interesting.

My favourite picture was of a man getting an injection. I want to be a doctor! Yuto

The Quizlet set for this book is here >> https://quizlet.com/_6uy8ih?x=1jqt&i=jxkw