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Kaos.Doodles · 05-12-2014, 07:31 PM

SPOILER!!: Prof Flammy

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Could...but wouldn't. At least not in the classroom. So he gave Mr. Kyroh a small nod before hearing his answer.

"VERY interesting that you bring that story up," he applauded. Three claps, by the way. "Before the ancients were able to rely on more scientific methods to explain the natural world, they created myths to explain how world and humankind assumed their present form. It wasn't until around 480 BCE that a Greek philosopher by the name of Oenopides became the first to calculate the degree of the Earth's tilt."
Seeing that there were no other hands raised, Airey adjusted his tie that had gone a bit collywobbles during his leaping - which had taken great skill, by the way, considering how wobbly they were. He had practiced. Seriously. He had.

Heading back to his desk, Airey tapped the lamp with his wand to turn it on and flooded the room with a bright but welcoming light. He then picked up the quaffle and held it out...and then got awkward. "I must appologize for use of this. I had not predicted that its presence would make so many of you uncomfortable." Disclaimer. Sorry. He thought that something familiar and something students were passionate about would be welcoming. "Image that this quaffle here is the Earth and that this black line here is the equator. Our lamp over here shall represent the Sun." He then enchanted the quaffle to float in the air and guided it with a few fluid wand movements. "Now, imagine an line going right through the quaffle, from top to bottom. This imaginary line is called the axis and this is what the Earth spins on," he continued as he charmed the quaffle to spin slowly around in place.

"Now, the Earth's axis does not stand up perfectly straight like it is now, but rather at a 23 and a half degree tilt and the Earth remains at this tile for the entire year in space. That's all 365 and ¼ days," he explained as he charmed the quaffle's position to reflect this. "Now, the amount of light hitting the quaffle has not lessened any, but rather the dispensation of it has. The bit that is tilted towards the Sun is receiving more of the light, so this tilt towards the Sun is what causes summer. The lower part of the quaffle, as you can see, is not receiving the light directly, but at an angle, so this tilt away from the Sun is what causes winter."

With another wave of his wand, he sent the Earth!quaffle on its way to orbit the lamp.

"SUNRIIIIIIISE SUNSET SUNRIIIIIISE SUNSET...THIS IS KIND OF WEEEEEEEEEIRD ... IT IS A DIFFERENT SEEEEEEEEEASOOOOOOON ... IN THE EARTH’S OTHER HEMISPHERE."

Alright, that didn't flow as smoothly off the tongue. NO MATTER!

Flicking his wand towards the board to show another diagram for reference while the quaffle continues to act all Earth-like.

SPOILER!!: click for image ^___^

"Now, the answer to this question has already been alluded to, but just humor me for a moment. We associate the summer with being hot and winter with being cold. Looking again at our crude example of the Earth orbiting the Sun, can anyone tell me why this happens? Why does the fact that the Earth is tilted on its axis matter to our weather? Please try to keep your answers as concise as possible, but you are certainly allowed more than 5 words this time around."

OOC: class will resume sometime tomorrow GMT somewhere between 12 to 16 hours from the time of this post hopefully <3

The Professor was.....jumping on desks and stuff. It.....AWESOME! Although he half expected the man to fall cause he was so old and jumping and cause the desks were so wonky.

And now he was clapping for him? Kyroh grinned. Soooo technicallllly the man was saying that he was still kind of right, right? Yeah. He'd go with that.

Kyroh scrubbed down a few things like Mr.Odessa's answer cause that was a good on yeah?

Gaze shifting from the board back to the Professor, and then to the moving earth-quaffle in front of them, Kyroh raised his hand. "If the earth wasn't titled...then the suns rays would hit the hemispheres or whatever directly and everyone would burn up? It's like the tilt lets the seasons be consistent, so we need it. Like a lollipop. You can't have a lollipop without a stick and you can't have the proper seasons without the tilt." Also he didn't want to burn up. And a lollipop sounded good about now.

05-12-2014, 07:31 PM	#171 (permalink)
Kaos.Doodles SS Featured Author Clabbert Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Vaes Dothrak Posts: 19,236 Hogwarts RPG Name: Takeru Asakura Third Year x5 x7	★ BabyQuad ★ PERRY THE PLATYPUS ★ Ern's Fave ★ dangerous with brooms ★ SPOILER!!: Prof Flammy Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Could...but wouldn't. At least not in the classroom. So he gave Mr. Kyroh a small nod before hearing his answer. "VERY interesting that you bring that story up," he applauded. Three claps, by the way. "Before the ancients were able to rely on more scientific methods to explain the natural world, they created myths to explain how world and humankind assumed their present form. It wasn't until around 480 BCE that a Greek philosopher by the name of Oenopides became the first to calculate the degree of the Earth's tilt." Seeing that there were no other hands raised, Airey adjusted his tie that had gone a bit collywobbles during his leaping - which had taken great skill, by the way, considering how wobbly they were. He had practiced. Seriously. He had. Heading back to his desk, Airey tapped the lamp with his wand to turn it on and flooded the room with a bright but welcoming light. He then picked up the quaffle and held it out...and then got awkward. "I must appologize for use of this. I had not predicted that its presence would make so many of you uncomfortable." Disclaimer. Sorry. He thought that something familiar and something students were passionate about would be welcoming. "Image that this quaffle here is the Earth and that this black line here is the equator. Our lamp over here shall represent the Sun." He then enchanted the quaffle to float in the air and guided it with a few fluid wand movements. "Now, imagine an line going right through the quaffle, from top to bottom. This imaginary line is called the axis and this is what the Earth spins on," he continued as he charmed the quaffle to spin slowly around in place. "Now, the Earth's axis does not stand up perfectly straight like it is now, but rather at a 23 and a half degree tilt and the Earth remains at this tile for the entire year in space. That's all 365 and ¼ days," he explained as he charmed the quaffle's position to reflect this. "Now, the amount of light hitting the quaffle has not lessened any, but rather the dispensation of it has. The bit that is tilted towards the Sun is receiving more of the light, so this tilt towards the Sun is what causes summer. The lower part of the quaffle, as you can see, is not receiving the light directly, but at an angle, so this tilt away from the Sun is what causes winter." With another wave of his wand, he sent the Earth!quaffle on its way to orbit the lamp. "SUNRIIIIIIISE SUNSET SUNRIIIIIISE SUNSET...THIS IS KIND OF WEEEEEEEEEIRD ... IT IS A DIFFERENT SEEEEEEEEEASOOOOOOON ... IN THE EARTH’S OTHER HEMISPHERE." Alright, that didn't flow as smoothly off the tongue. NO MATTER! Flicking his wand towards the board to show another diagram for reference while the quaffle continues to act all Earth-like. SPOILER!!: click for image ^___^ Source: NASA's Space Place :: Home :: NASA's The Space Place "Now, the answer to this question has already been alluded to, but just humor me for a moment. We associate the summer with being hot and winter with being cold. Looking again at our crude example of the Earth orbiting the Sun, can anyone tell me why this happens? Why does the fact that the Earth is tilted on its axis matter to our weather? Please try to keep your answers as concise as possible, but you are certainly allowed more than 5 words this time around." OOC: class will resume sometime tomorrow GMT somewhere between 12 to 16 hours from the time of this post hopefully <3 The Professor was.....jumping on desks and stuff. It.....AWESOME! Although he half expected the man to fall cause he was so old and jumping and cause the desks were so wonky. And now he was clapping for him? Kyroh grinned. Soooo technicallllly the man was saying that he was still kind of right, right? Yeah. He'd go with that. Kyroh scrubbed down a few things like Mr.Odessa's answer cause that was a good on yeah? Gaze shifting from the board back to the Professor, and then to the moving earth-quaffle in front of them, Kyroh raised his hand. "If the earth wasn't titled...then the suns rays would hit the hemispheres or whatever directly and everyone would burn up? It's like the tilt lets the seasons be consistent, so we need it. Like a lollipop. You can't have a lollipop without a stick and you can't have the proper seasons without the tilt." Also he didn't want to burn up. And a lollipop sounded good about now. __________________ {act like you know me, but you never will}__{but there's one thing that I know for sure} {i'll show you}