A student creates a Venn diagram depicting two objects in the solar system. On one side of the Venn diagram, the student writes “have surface features such as mountains, valleys, and volcanoes,” and on the other side of the Venn diagram, the student writes “unable to land on because there is no solid surface.”
Which two objects is the student comparing?
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Responses
Earth and Venus
Earth and Venus
Moon and Earth
Moon and Earth
Sun and Planets
Sun and Planets
Inner and Outer Planets
The student is comparing the "Sun and Planets" in their Venn diagram.
The side that states "have surface features such as mountains, valleys, and volcanoes" would apply to planets and moons in the solar system that have a solid surface, like Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, and the Moon, which have observable surface features.
The side that states "unable to land on because there is no solid surface" would apply to the Sun, which is a star and does not have a solid surface that one could land on. It would also apply to the gas giants in the outer solar system (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune), which lack a well-defined solid surface due to their composition, being primarily composed of hydrogen and helium with potential cores deep beneath thick layers of gas and liquid.
Therefore, the Venn diagram is used to differentiate between the planets with solid surfaces and the Sun (or gas giants) where there is no solid surface to land on.