Science 6

Question

Solar System Scale

A student uses a diagram to show the scale sizes of planets. Which planets diameter would be approximately the distance across the United States?

Answer 1

To answer this question, we need to know the diameter of the United States and the diameters of the planets in our solar system.

The diameter of the United States can vary depending on which points you measure across, but on average it is approximately 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles).

Below are the approximate diameters of the planets in our solar system:
- Mercury: 4,879 kilometers (3,032 miles)
- Venus: 12,104 kilometers (7,521 miles)
- Earth: 12,742 kilometers (7,918 miles)
- Mars: 6,779 kilometers (4,212 miles)
- Jupiter: 139,820 kilometers (86,881 miles)
- Saturn: 116,460 kilometers (72,367 miles)
- Uranus: 50,724 kilometers (31,518 miles)
- Neptune: 49,244 kilometers (30,775 miles)

Based on these measurements, none of the planets in our solar system have a diameter that is approximately the distance across the United States (4,000 kilometers or 2,500 miles).

Answer 2

Answers:

1.Mercury
2.Earth and Venus
3.Saturn
4.Neptune