Living in Space Matching Card

A person who can travel or live in space

astronaut

Big objects (like planets) pull smaller things to them. It keeps you on the ground and makes things fall down.

gravity

Tests to check ideas or make new discoveries in science!

experiments

Very little things inside the food we eat or tablets to keep us healthy

vitamins

A gas that humans

and animals breathe

oxygen

A place where people can live in space for a long time

space station

Space transport (a rocket is a type)

spacecraft

When an astronaut goes out

into space alone to explore

spacewalk

Special clothes an astronaut wears

to go on spacewalks

spacesuit

To be strong and healthy.

Example: Astronauts have to exercise a lot ________________.

to keep fit

To take air into the body.

Example: Astronauts have ________________ oxygen in space to stay alive!

to breathe

To tie, clip or stick one thing to another thing.

to attach

Example: Astronauts have _____________ their things to the wall because space has no gravity!

To feel very light, to stay up and not go down.

to float

Example: Astronauts like __________ in space because there is no gravity!