Solar System Scale Simulation

How many km is one pixel?

• 132 km

• 3474.8 km

• 7829.9 km

• 1 million km

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which is NOT a unit you can measure distances in this simulation?

• Great Walls of China

• Blue Whales

• Alien Space Ships

• Earths

What does the little sun in the bottom right-hand corner do?

• Tells you how big the sun is

• Directs you back to the sun

• Shows how fast light travels

• Jumps to the next planet

About many buses is 10 million km?

• 794,000,000 buses

• 794,000 buses

• 999,999,999 buses

• 2,000,020,000 busses

Estimate how many pixels make up Mercury.

• 2 pixels

• 30 pixels

• 700 pixels

• 1,000 pixels

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How many km is Venus from the sun?

• 108,000 km

• 108,000,000 km

• 108,000,000,000 km

• 108 km

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How many AUs away from the sun is the earth?

• 1 AU

• 2 AUs

• 3 AUs

• 4 AUs

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Is Earth more similar in size (pixels) to Mercury or Venus?

• Mercury

• Venus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Earth is unique because unlike other inner, rocky planets, we have a moon. Find the distance in miles Earth is from the moon.

• About 225,000 miles

• About 100,000 miles

• About 550,000 miles

• About 1,007,000 miles

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

How many light minutes is Earth from the sun.

• 2.4 light minutes

• 1.8 light minutes

• 8.3 light minutes

• 10.7 light minutes

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3