1. The Earth is about 4 times larger in diameter than the moon. How many moons would fit in the distance between the Earth and the Sun?
2. How many Earths would fit across the diameter of Jupiter?
3. Which of the following combinations would make a good scale model for the size of Uranus and the Sun?

a. A basketball and a soccer ball.

b.A basketball and a baseball.

c.A basketball and a ping-pong ball.

d.A basketball and a marble.

e.A basketball and a grain of sand.

4.How far apart should you place the two objects chosen in question 3 to make a good scale model of Uranus and the Sun?

5.Suppose that you use a 4 inch ball of clay to represent the Earth in a scaled model of the solar system. How big of a ball of clay should you use to represent the Sun? How far apart should you place your balls of clay?