Solar System Online Practice

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A student creates a scale model of the planets in the solar system. How should the size of Jupiter compare to Mercury if the scale is accurate?(1 point)
Responses

It will be thirty times the size.
It will be thirty times the size.

It will be twice the size.
It will be twice the size.

It will be half the size.
It will be half the size.

It will be ten times the size.

Answer 1

In a scale model of the solar system, Jupiter should compare to Mercury by being significantly larger, as Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, while Mercury is the smallest.

The correct response is: It will be thirty times the size.

This approximation aligns with the actual diameters of the planets, where Jupiter’s diameter is about 11 times that of Earth, while Mercury's diameter is about 0.4 times that of Earth. In a scaled comparison, Jupiter would indeed be roughly 30 times larger than Mercury.