Scale Problems Practice: Rally Coach
Partner 1:
Partner 2:
1.
Scale: 1 cm = 100 km
The Earth’s crust is 100 km thick. Using the
scale above, how thick would the crust be in
your scale model?
1.
Scale: 1 mm = 100 km
The Earth’s mantle is 2,800 km thick. Using
the scale above, how thick would the crust be
in your scale model?
2.
Scale: 2 mm = 1 km
The Euler’s crater on the moon is 28 km wide.
Using the scale above, how wide would the
crater be in your scale model?
2.
Scale: 2 cm = 1 km
The Schrodinger basin on the moon is 320 km
wide. Using the scale above, how wide would
the basin be in your scale model?
3.
Scale: 3 cm = 10,000 km
Saturn’s rings are 282,000 km wide. Using the
scale above, how wide would Saturn’s rings be
in your model?
3.
Scale: 3 cm = 10,000 km
Saturn’s diameter is 120,000 km. Using the
scale above, what would be the diameter of
Saturn in your model?
4.
Scale: 1 cm = 10,000 km
The moon and Earth are 38.5 cm away from
each other in your model. Using the scale
above, how far is the moon from the Earth in
actual size?
4.
Scale: 1 cm = 100 km
Your model of Titan (one of Jupiter’s moons)
has a diameter of 51.5 cm. Using the scale
above, what is the actual diameter of Titan?