Question

ms. grahams science students are studying scale models. for her science project, shari has decided to make a scale model of the solar system and is using the model you see here as inspiration. she plans to use this as her starting point and add the remaining planets in the correct orbits around the sun. based on the criteria of the assignment, what is the major limitation to sharis model? a the distance between the sun and the earth are not to scale. b there is no way shari can model how the planets orbit the sun. c neither the size of the objects or the distances between them are to scale. d before shari adds the other planets she must make the sun much larger if she wants to create a scale model. a group of students in sharis class decided to make a human - scale model of the solar system out on the school grounds. the school itself represents the sun. in model 1 au = 100 meters (the length of a football field). using this table, the students figured out where each student representing a planet should stand in interrelation to the school (sun). planet orbit distance (au) mercury 0.4 venus 0.7

Explanation:

Scale models aim to represent real - life objects and distances proportionally. In a solar - system scale model, both the sizes of the celestial bodies and the distances between them should be to scale. Option A only mentions the Sun - Earth distance, option B is incorrect as it's possible to model orbits, and option D focuses only on the Sun's size. Option C correctly points out that neither size nor distances are to scale, which is a major limitation for a scale model.

Answer:

C. Neither the size of the objects or the distances between them are to scale.