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Which is the nearest planet to the Earth?

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Neptune

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Pluto

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Mercury

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Uranus

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The correct option is C
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Q. Astronomy The table shows the mass of the planets, the sum and the moon in our solar system.

Celestial Body	Mass $(k g)$	Mass $(k g)$ Standard Notation
Sun	$1, 990, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$	$1.99 \times 10^{30}$
Mercury	$330, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Venus	$4, 870, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Earth	$5, 970, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Mars	$642, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Jupiter	$1, 900, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Saturn	$568, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Uranus	$86, 800, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Neptune	$102, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Pluto	$12, 700, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Moon	$73, 500, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$

Which planet has about the same mass as earth?

Statement 1: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are known as inner planets. They have less number of moons or no moons.

Statement 2: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are known as outer planets. They have large number of moons and all have a ring system around them.

Q. Astronomy The table shows the mass of the planets, the sum and the moon in our solar system.

Celestial Body	Mass $(k g)$	Mass $(k g)$ Standard Notation
Sun	$1, 990, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$	$1.99 \times 10^{30}$
Mercury	$330, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Venus	$4, 870, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Earth	$5, 970, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Mars	$642, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Jupiter	$1, 900, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Saturn	$568, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Uranus	$86, 800, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Neptune	$102, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Pluto	$12, 700, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Moon	$73, 500, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$

Order the planets and the moon by mass, from least to greatest.

Q. Investigating Solar System The table shows the average distance from each planet in our solar system to the sun.

Celestial Body	Distance $(k m)$	Distance $(k m)$ Standard Notation
Earth	$149, 600, 000$	$1.496 \times 10^{5}$
Jupiter	$778, 300, 000$
Mars	$227, 900, 000$
Mercury	$57, 900, 000$
Neptune	$4, 497, 000, 000$
Pluto	$5, 900, 000, 000$
Saturn	$1, 427, 000, 000$
Uranus	$2, 870, 000, 000$
Venus	$108, 200, 000$

Order the planets from closest to the sun to farthest from the sun.

Q. Investigating Solar System The table shows the average distance from each planet in our solar system to the sun.

Celestial Body	Distance $(k m)$	Distance $(k m)$ Standard Notation
Earth	$149, 600, 000$	$1.496 \times 10^{8}$
Jupiter	$778, 300, 000$
Mars	$227, 900, 000$
Mercury	$57, 900, 000$
Neptune	$4, 497, 000, 000$
Pluto	$5, 900, 000, 000$
Saturn	$1, 427, 000, 000$
Uranus	$2, 870, 000, 000$
Venus	$108, 200, 000$

Complete the table by expressing the distance from each planet to the Sun in scientific notation.

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