Earth Sun Scale (Size)

The difference in size between the planets

• Scale
• Size difference
• Distance difference
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Dividing each object in the solar system by the same amount so that it fits on a poster is...

• Scale
• Size difference
• Distance difference
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We scaled down the objects in the solar system.  To do this we had to divide each object (Sun and each planet) by...

• the same amount
• a different amount

The two objects are representing what in the solar system?

• Sun is the basketball.  Earth is the pea.
• Jupiter is the basketball.  Earth is the pea.
• Earth is the basketball.  Moon is the pea.
• Sun is the basketball.  Jupiter is the pea.

About how many Earth's will fit across the diameter of the Sun?

• 10 times
• 100 times
• 1000 times
• 10000 times

About how many Jupiter's would fit into the Sun?

• 10
• 1000
• 1 million
• 100 million

About how many Earth's would fit into the Sun?

• 100
• 100,000
• 1 million
• 100 million

This correctly shows the difference in...

• Distance between the objects in the solar system
• Size difference between the objects in the solar system

This shows 

• Size difference between the planets accurately
• Distance between the planets accurately
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Which correctly shows how to "scale down" the center picture

• Left picture
• Right picture