Scale Model of Solar System

About how many Jupiter's would fit into the Sun?

• 10

• 1000

• 1 million

• 100 million

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Which correctly shows the size difference between the Earth and Sun

• Left picture

• Right picture

• Both pictures

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True or False
The planets are all equally distanced from each other.

• True

• False

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About how many Earth's would fit into the Sun?

• 100

• 100,000

• 1 million

• 100 million

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Why couldn't we see all of Jupiter's 79 moons in the Solar System Scale model?

• Based on the scale, they would be smaller than one pixel.

• The creators forgot about them.

• Those moons aren't important.

• The scale was about planets, not moons!

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What is between Mars and Jupiter, but was too small to put into the model?

• UFOs

• Space Dust

• Nothing

• The Asteroid Belt

Mr. Wilson tells the class that scientists are going to send a rover from the Earth to Mars. Describe how far the rover would travel based on the class model.

• 0.5 AU which would be 1.25 yards

• 1 AU which would be 1.25 yards

• 0.5 AU which would be 1 yard

• 20 AU which would be 1 yard

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What is the primary challenge in creating a scale model of the solar system?

• Accurately representing the vast distances between planets

• Finding materials to represent each planet

• Choosing the correct colors for each planet

• Deciding the order of the planets

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If Earth is represented by a marble in a scale model, what would be the approximate size of the Sun?

• A basketball

• A beach ball

• A small car

• A large building

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In a scale model of the solar system, why is it difficult to include both the planets and their orbits accurately?

• The orbits are too complex to model

• The scale difference between planet sizes and orbit distances is too large

• The planets move too fast

• The orbits are not circular

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