The Solar System Is Huge

What is the biggest object in the solar system?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• The Sun

• Neptune

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How much empty space separates the Sun from its closest planet, Mercury?

• 6,000 times wider than the sun

• 9,000,000,000 km

• 58,000,000 km

• 1,400,000 km

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What is the diameter of the solar system?

• 58 million km

• 6,000 times wider than the sun

• 9 billion km

• 1.4 million km

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How many planets are there in the solar system?

• Ten

• Eight

• Six

• Four

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Why is making a model of the solar system difficult?

• Because of the different sizes of planets

• Because of the vast distances between objects

• Because the solar system is mostly empty space

• All of the above

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What do scale models of the solar system show?

• Only the sizes of the objects

• The exact sizes and distances without any scaling

• Only the distances between objects

• Size relationships between objects

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What can you learn from models of the solar system that are not to scale?

• General information and order of the planets

• The exact distances between planets

• Nothing useful

• The exact size of the planets

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Why can't a model show both the size of the solar system and the sizes of the planets inside it to scale at the same time?

• Because it would be too large to be practical

• Because it wouldn’t be useful

• Because the solar system is too large

• Because the planets are too small

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What does the scale model mentioned in the text fail to show?

• The orbits of the outer planets

• The orbits of the inner planets

• The asteroids

• The sun

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What is the primary use of models that are not to scale?

• To show size relationships

• To show distance relationships

• To include all objects without focusing on distances

• To accurately represent the solar system