Planet years

This task is about reading a table to work out how far a planet is from the Sun.
The length of a year is the time it takes a planet to orbit the Sun. Because of the distances in space, the speed the planets travel can be thought of as similar.
Use the information on the length of a year for each planet to answer the questions below.
 
Planet Length of Year
A 687 days
B 225 days
C 84 years
D 165 years
E  88 days
Earth 365 days

Question

a)  What planet is the furthest from the Sun?

    • A

    • B

    • C

    • D

    • E

    • Earth

Question

b)  Which planet is the closest to the Sun? 

    • A

    • B

    • C

    • D

    • E

    • Earth

Question

c)  Which planet is the closest to the Earth?

    • A

    • B

    • C

    • D

    • E

Question Change answer

d) Put the planets in order, from closest to the Sun to furthest from the Sun.
 
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