Astronomy Lesson

Why do scientists use scale to study the Solar System?

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

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

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

• All of the above

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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

• Earth and Mars

• Mercury and Venus

• Jupiter and Saturn

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Which definition accurately describes the Astronomical Unit (AU)?

• The average distance between the planets. 

• The average distance between Earth and Mars.

• The average distance between the Earth and the Sun. 

• The average size of the Earth compared to the Sun. 

The largest mountain in our solar system?

• Olympus Mons

• Mons Olympus

• Hermas Mon

• Titan

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Which planet has the largest, and which is the smallest orbit time ?

• Neptune and Saturn

• Neptune and Mercury

• Pluto and Sun

• Pluto and Mercury

The Curiosity Rover landed on Mars 2012. What type of data is a rover most like collecting?

• the amounts of moons

• the thickness of air molecules

• analyze rock samples in a crater

• circumference of a planet

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How many planets (including dwarf planets are there included in Earth's solar system

• 9

• 13

• 15

• 22

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What are the names of the dwarf planets in Earth Solar System?

• Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, and RR245

• Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea

• Pluto, Ceres, Aries, Makemake, Haumea, and RR245

• Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake, Kepler33B, and RR245

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This is the only moon that is larger than a planet.

• Ganymede

• Titan

• Europa

• Earth's Moon

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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?

• 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.

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