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+# Exercise 5-3 Alien Colors
+# Learning Objective: Utilize an if statement to determine the color of an alien in a game. 
+
+
+#passes 
+alien_color = 'green'
+
+if (alien_color == 'green'):
+	print('Player just scored 5 points!')
+
+#fails 
+if (alien_color == 'yellow'):
+    print('Player just scored 10 points!')
+
+
+