The table shows some the planets' approximate distances from the sun.

Write your answers on another piece of paper. Show all of your work to receive full credit

Part A

How much farther is Earth from the Sun than it is from Venus? How many times further is Neptune from the Sun than Mercury is from the Sun? Explain.

Part B

It takes Mercury approximately \(2.4\times10^{-1}\) Earth years to orbit the Sun. Write this in standard form and in fraction form.

Part C

The volume of Saturn is \(8.27\times10^{14}\). This is about 766 times the volume of Earth. What is the approximate volume of Earth? Show your work.

Part D

In her science class, Nadia needs to make a model showing the planets' relative distance from the Sun. She wants to use centimeter grid paper to create her model. If 1 centimeter on the model represents 100,000,000 kilometers, write a proportion Nadia could use to create her model on the grid paper. Use the proportion to find the distance for each planet on the model. Then use a ruler and centimeter grid paper to draw a model similar to Nadia's.