Solar System Scale

What are AU's used to represent?

• Distances in the Solar System

• Distances in the galaxy

• Distances in the Universe

Which of the following is approximately equal to 1 astronomical unit?

• 93 million miles

• 150 million miles

• 93 thousand miles

• 150 thousand miles

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

• Astronomical units

• Light years

• Miles

• Kilometers

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Which planet is the smallest?

• Pluto

• Mars

• Mercury

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Which planet is the biggest?

• Sun

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

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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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Which two Gas Giants are closest in size

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Uranus and Neptune

• Venus and Earth

• Mars and Mercury

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Where is the Asteroid Belt?

• Beyond Neptune

• Between Mars and Jupiter

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

• They are farther apart

• They are closer together

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

• They are closer

• They are farther apart