Planet Fact Table 3: Grade 3 Reading Comprehension

The table below compares 4 planets in our solar system. Read across a row to learn about one planet, or down a column to compare them.

Planets
Planet	Order from Sun	Type	Year	Known for
Mercury	1	Rocky	88 Earth days	A surface covered in craters
Earth	3	Rocky	365 days	Liquid water on its surface
Jupiter	5	Gas giant	about 12 Earth years	The Great Red Spot, a giant storm
Neptune	8	Ice giant	about 165 Earth years	The fastest winds in the solar system

Questions

Read a table According to the table, how long is a year on Mercury?
88 Earth days 365 days about 165 Earth years about 12 Earth years
Read a table Which planet in the table is known for the Great Red Spot, a giant storm?
Neptune Earth Mercury Jupiter
Read a table Which planet in the table is farthest from the Sun?
Neptune Mercury Earth Jupiter
Read a table Which planet in the table has the longest year?
Mercury Neptune Earth Jupiter
Text features What does the "Order from Sun" column tell you?
how big each planet is how hot each planet is how many moons each planet has where each planet is, counting out from the Sun
Inference Look at the Order and Year columns together. What pattern do you see?
Planets farther from the Sun have longer years. Planets closer to the Sun have longer years. Every planet has the same year. Rocky planets have the longest years.

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