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Which planets do not have natural satellites (moons). |
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List the planets in order starting from the Sun. |
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Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn Uranus
Neptune |
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Which planets are considered the gas planets? |
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Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune |
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Pedro wanted to make a scale model of Jupiter using a scale factor of 10,000 km/cm. Calculate what size his model needs to be if the actual diameter of Jupiter is 142,980 km. |
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142,980 km / 10,000 km/cm
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14.298 cm = 14. 3 cm
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Pedro wanted to calculate where his scale model of Jupiter should be placed still using a scale factor of 10,000 km/cm. Calculate the scale distance Pedro should place his model of the actual distance of Jupiter is 778,400,000 km. |
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778,400,000 / 10,000 km/cm
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77,840 cm / 100 = 778 m
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A ___________ _______________ is one way of working with measurements that are too large to see first hand. |
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Which group of planets have solid surfaces? |
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What planetary feature separates the inner and outer planets? |
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These planets have no well defined surfaces and have atomosphers composed of hydrogen, helium, and methane. |
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