Solar System Scale

Neptune has an AU of 30. What does this mean?

• Neptune is 30 times farther from the sun than Earth

• Neptune is 30 times bigger than earth

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If a spacecraft travels 186 million miles, how many A.U. has it traveled? (1 AU = 93 million miles)

• 2 A.U.

• 0.5 A.U.

• 1 A.U.

• 3 A.U.

Which object is the largest in our solar system?

• Jupiter

• Sun

• Pluto

• Moon

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Jupiter has an AU of 5. What does this mean?

• Jupiter is five times bigger than Earth

• Jupiter is five times farther away from the sun than earth

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This shows 

• Size difference between the planets accurately

• Distance between the planets accurately

• All choices

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If you were to make a scale model of the Solar system what planets in the solar system should be most similar in size?

• Earth and Venus

• Mars and Mercury

• Uranus and Neptune

• Jupiter and Saturn

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

• 10

• 1000

• 1 million

• 100 million

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

• 100

• 100,000

• 1 million

• 100 million

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Which correctly shows the size difference between the Earth and Sun

• Left picture

• Right picture

• Both pictures

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Does this show a correct scale model of the Solar System size differences

• Yes

• No

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