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Senate or House? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how the two houses of Congress differ, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.1.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Senate or House?

D2.Civ.1.3-5

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Sort each fact under the house of Congress it describes.

1.Sort each one: Senate or House of Representatives?

Sort: Two-year terms, Led by the Speaker, 100 members, The Vice President is its presiding officer

SenateHouse of Representatives
2.Sort each one: Senate or House of Representatives?

Sort: 435 voting members, Members must be at least 30 years old, About one-third of members elected every two years, Members must be at least 25 years old

SenateHouse of Representatives
3.Sort each one: Senate or House of Representatives?

Sort: Seats divided by each state's population, Approves or rejects treaties, Approves the President's choices for judges, All bills to raise taxes start here

SenateHouse of Representatives

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Answer key — Senate or House?

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 100 members — Senate 2. Led by the Speaker — House of Representatives 3. The Vice President is its presiding officer — Senate 4. Two-year terms — House of Representatives
  2. 2.1. 435 voting members — House of Representatives 2. About one-third of members elected every two years — Senate 3. Members must be at least 25 years old — House of Representatives 4. Members must be at least 30 years old — Senate
  3. 3.1. All bills to raise taxes start here — House of Representatives 2. Approves or rejects treaties — Senate 3. Approves the President's choices for judges — Senate 4. Seats divided by each state's population — House of Representatives

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.