Scale of Solar System

True or False
The planets are all equally distanced from each other.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which correctly shows the size difference between the Earth and Sun

• Left picture

• Right picture

• Both pictures

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

This shows

• Size difference between the planets accurately

• Distance between the planets accurately

• Both size and distance accurately

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Why is making a model of the solar system difficult?

• Don't have the right materials

• The solar system is so big and the objects in it are so small in comparison

• There are too many parts in a model

• Because the science concepts are too difficult

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What scale does this model represent?

• scaled size or diameter

• scaled distance to the sun

• Scaled gravity

• Scaled motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Why do scientists use scale to study the Solar System?

• The solar system is too large to study without using scale

• The solar system is too small to study without using scale

• Scientists don't need to use scale because we have satelites

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What does this model represent?

• scaled distance to the sun

• scaled size of the planets

• scaled motion

• scaled gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A student made a model of how the planets orbit the sun. She used a tennis ball to represent the sun. She used ping-pong balls to represent each planet and painted each one a different color. Then, she placed all the ping-pong balls equal distances apart in a line extending out from the sun. What are two limitations of the student's model? (Limitations are things about the model that limit its accuracy.)

• She used the same size balls to represent the planets.

• She made planets orbit the sun.

• The planets are not the correct distances from the sun.

• The solar system can't be modeled using actual objects.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

If we created a model Earth with a diameter of 58cm what diameter would the SUN need to be in order to be scaled correctly?

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What does ths model represent?

• scaled distance to the sun

• scaled size

• scaled gravity

• scaled motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3