Mars is red planet with thin air.

Meaning: Mars is a planet that is reddish in color and has a layer of gases around it that is not very thick.

Choice of Words: Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Red is the color of Mars. Planet is a large object that orbits the Sun. Thin means not thick or dense. Air is the mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.

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Mars is a rusty-colored planet with a thin atmosphere.

Meaning: This sentence also describes Mars as a red planet with not much air, but it uses different words to describe the color and the air.

Choice of Words: Rusty means a reddish-brown color, like the color of rust. Colored means having a particular color. Atmosphere is the layer of gases that surrounds a planet.

The fourth planet from the Sun, Mars, is reddish in color and has very little air.

Meaning: This sentence is a more detailed description of Mars, including its position in the solar system, its color, and the amount of air it has.

Choice of Words: Fourth means coming after the third. Sun is the star at the center of our solar system. Reddish means slightly red. Very little means not much.

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