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)
Responses
Neptune
Mercury
Jupiter
Uranus
The correct answer is Jupiter.
To determine which planet's diameter would be approximately the distance across the United States, we need to compare the sizes of the planets to the distance across the United States.
According to the scale sizes of the planets shown in the diagram, we can eliminate Neptune, Mercury, and Uranus as their diameters are not large enough to be comparable to the distance across the United States.
Therefore, the planet with a diameter that would be approximately the distance across the United States is Jupiter.
To find the planet whose diameter would be approximately the distance across the United States, we need to compare the diameters of the planets to the distance across the United States.
First, let's find the diameter of the United States. The distance from the east coast to the west coast of the United States is approximately 2,800 miles.
Now, let's compare this distance to the diameters of the given planets:
- Neptune has a diameter of about 30,599 miles.
- Mercury has a diameter of about 3,032 miles.
- Jupiter has a diameter of about 86,881 miles.
- Uranus has a diameter of about 31,763 miles.
From these comparisons, we can see that the planet whose diameter is closest to the distance across the United States is Mercury, with a diameter of approximately 3,032 miles. Therefore, the correct answer is Mercury.