10B Go Beyond 4 Page 104-105 VOCABULARY (Unit 10)

the mixture of gases that surrounds some planets, such as the Earth

• gravity

• orbit

• atmosphere

• base

• surface

the force which attracts objects towards one another, especially the force that makes things fall to the ground

• gravity

• orbit

• atmosphere

• space station

• rocket

the main place where a person lives or works, or the primary place where activities are controlled from

• surface

• base

• atmosphere

• rocket

• orbit

a group of people with a shared interest or job who live together in a way that is separate from other people

• surface

• colony

• atmosphere

• rocket

• dome

a shape like one-half of a ball

• surface

• colony

• atmosphere

• rocket

• dome

a vehicle used for travel in space

• spacecraft

• colony

• atmosphere

• rocket

• space station

one of the independent groups of stars in the universe

• atmosphere

• orbit

• spacecraft

• galaxy

• space station

a vehicle in which people can travel round the Earth, outside its atmosphere , doing scientific tests

• atmosphere

• orbit

• dome

• galaxy

• space station

the curved path through which objects in space move around a planet or star

• atmosphere

• orbit

• dome

• surface

• galaxy

a colorless gas that forms a large part of the air on Earth and which is needed by people, animals and plants to live

• surface

• oxygen

• atmosphere

• rocket

• dome