Planet Fact Table 2: Grade 5 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
Jupiter	5	Gas giant	about 12 Earth years	The Great Red Spot, a giant storm
Saturn	6	Gas giant	about 29 Earth years	Wide, bright rings
Uranus	7	Ice giant	about 84 Earth years	A tilt that makes it spin on its side
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 Jupiter?
about 12 Earth years about 29 Earth years about 84 Earth years about 165 Earth years
Read a table Which planet in the table is known for wide, bright rings?
Jupiter Uranus Saturn Neptune
Read a table Which planet in the table is farthest from the Sun?
Neptune Uranus Jupiter Saturn
Read a table Which planet in the table has the longest year?
Neptune Saturn Jupiter Uranus
Text features What does the "Order from Sun" column tell you?
how big each planet is where each planet is, counting out from the Sun how hot each planet is how many moons each planet has
Inference Look at the Order and Year columns together. What pattern do you see?
Planets closer to the Sun have longer years. Planets farther from the Sun have longer years. Every planet has the same year. Rocky planets have the longest years.

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