Solar System Scale

would be the best unit to use to measure the distance between the asteroid belt and Pluto

• Astronomical units

• Light years

• Miles

• Kilometers

Which two Gas Giants are closest in size

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Uranus and Neptune

• Venus and Earth

• Mars and Mercury

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Which planet is farthest from the sun?

• Pluto

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Uranus

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What do you notice about the distances between the terrestrial planets compared to the Gas Giants?

• They are farther apart

• They are closer together

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What do you notice about the distance between the Gas Giants compared to the Terrestrial planets?

• They are closer

• They are farther apart

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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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 planet is the smallest?

• Pluto

• Mars

• Mercury

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Which two terrestrial planets are closest in size?

• Venus and Earth

• Uranus and Neptune

• Mars and Mercury

• Saturn and Jupiter

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