Final answer:
On a scaled model where Earth to Sun is 15 meters, the distance from Earth to the Moon would be approximately 40 centimeters. This makes the correct choice 'small enough to fit within your hand' as the closest to the scale distance.
Step-by-step explanation:
On a scale in which the distance from Earth to the Sun is about 15 meters, the distance from Earth to the Moon is most accurately represented as about 40 centimeters (or a little more than a foot away). In this scale model, if the Earth were the size of a grape (approximately 1.3 centimeters in diameter), the Moon would be the size of a pea, orbiting at this distance. For further context, the actual Moon's average distance from Earth is about 384,000 kilometers, which is roughly 30 times the diameter of Earth. When scaled down by the factor of 1 billion, 384,000 kilometers become 38.4 centimeters, or about 40 centimeters when rounded, thus choice B (about 1 meter) and C (about 5 meters) exceed the calculated distance, and D (about 30 meters) is significantly greater than the calculated representation, leaving A) 'small enough to fit within your hand' as the closest, albeit a bit vague, choice among the given options.