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What percentage of the total mass of the solar system does the sun hold?
What percentage of the total mass of the solar system does the sun hold?
- 60%
- 90%
- 75%
- 99.8% (correct)
How many Earths would be required to reach the height of the sun?
How many Earths would be required to reach the height of the sun?
- 200 Earths
- 50 Earths
- 300 Earths
- 109 Earths (correct)
What is the relationship between the distance from the sun to the Earth, and the height of the sun?
What is the relationship between the distance from the sun to the Earth, and the height of the sun?
- The distance from the sun to the Earth is 10 times as large as the height of the sun.
- The distance from the sun to the Earth is equal to the height of the sun.
- The distance from the sun to the Earth is less than 50 times as large as the height of the sun.
- The distance from the sun to the Earth is more than 100 times as large as the height of the sun. (correct)
What is the purpose of a scale model of the solar system?
What is the purpose of a scale model of the solar system?
What is the scale factor used in a typical scale model of a city?
What is the scale factor used in a typical scale model of a city?
What object is used to represent Venus in the scale model described in the text?
What object is used to represent Venus in the scale model described in the text?
Which planet is represented by a table in the scale model?
Which planet is represented by a table in the scale model?
What object is used to represent the moon in the scale model?
What object is used to represent the moon in the scale model?
What is the scale used in the alternative model described in the text?
What is the scale used in the alternative model described in the text?
According to the alternative scale model, what object represents the Sun?
According to the alternative scale model, what object represents the Sun?
At a scale of 1:90,000,000, what would be the approximate diameter of Jupiter in a solar system model?
At a scale of 1:90,000,000, what would be the approximate diameter of Jupiter in a solar system model?
If Earth's diameter at the 1:90,000,000 scale is 5.5 inches, about the size of a cereal bowl, what would be the approximate size of Mars at this scale?
If Earth's diameter at the 1:90,000,000 scale is 5.5 inches, about the size of a cereal bowl, what would be the approximate size of Mars at this scale?
In a scaled solar system model at 1:90,000,000, what object would represent Uranus?
In a scaled solar system model at 1:90,000,000, what object would represent Uranus?
What would be the approximate orbit radius at the 1:90,000,000 scale for Venus in a solar system model?
What would be the approximate orbit radius at the 1:90,000,000 scale for Venus in a solar system model?
If you are building a scaled solar system model at 1:90,000,000 scale and have already placed a billiard ball for Mercury and a cereal bowl for Earth, what object should you place for Neptune?
If you are building a scaled solar system model at 1:90,000,000 scale and have already placed a billiard ball for Mercury and a cereal bowl for Earth, what object should you place for Neptune?
