A student uses a diagram to show the scale sizes of the planets. Which planet’s diameter would be approximately the distance across the United States?(1 point)

Question

Responses

Jupiter
Jupiter

Uranus
Uranus

Neptune
Neptune

Mercury

Answer 1

Jupiter would be the planet whose diameter approximates the distance across the United States. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, with a diameter of about 86,881 miles, which is comparable to the distance across the continental United States (approximately 3,000 miles). The other planets listed have significantly smaller diameters.