Activity 1: Which am I? Identify the solar system described
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1.I am the most familiar sight in the night.
2. I am bigger that all the other planets combined.
3. I am teeming with life and over two-thirds of me are oceans
4. I used to be one of them but now I have been categorized as a
small, icy dwarf planet
5. I am barren, scarred by the impact craters and scorched by intense solar radiation
6. I am a rusty planet because of a high concentration of iron in my rocks
7. I have a system of rings which makes me one of the beautiful sights in the solar system.
8. I would be a far less interesting planet and a much less impressive sight without my rings.
9. I have striking blue color because of the presence of methane gas in my atmosphere.
10. I am tilted sideways to the Sun such that each of my poles gets 42 years uninterrupted sunlight
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1.I am the most familiar sight in the night.
• Moon
2. I am bigger than all the other planets combined.
• Sun
3. I am teeming with life and over two-thirds of me are oceans.
• Earth
4. I used to be one of them but now I have been categorized as a small, icy dwarf planet.
• Pluto
5. I am barren, scarred by the impact craters and scorched by intense solar radiation.
• Mercury
6. I am a rusty planet because of a high concentration of iron in my rocks
• Mars
7. I have a system of rings which makes me one of the beautiful sights in the solar system.
• Saturn
8. I would be a far less interesting planet and a much less impressive sight without my rings.
• Saturn
9. I have striking blue color because of the presence of methane gas in my atmosphere.
• Neptune
10. I am tilted sideways to the Sun such that each of my poles gets 42 years uninterrupted sunlight
• Uranus
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