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VRSCIKA · 05-10-2015, 06:13 AM

SPOILER!!: Professor Flamsteed

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

As you sit waiting patiently - or not so patiently - for your turn to speak, the debris over head continues to float around and seemingly orbit the large sphere. However, if you pauy attention carefully - which is understood may be difficult considering you are trying to multitask by paying attention to your classmates and the professor - you will notice that some of the debris begins to move closer to one another and….hmmmmmm...begins to coalesce?

Have no fear if these changes would have changed your answer just now. The movement is subtle enough not to notice right away and having to pay attention to so many things at once, well, you were bound to accidentally over look something.

"Not quite, Miss Valentine," he said with a shake of the head. Not quite was being generous really, but there it was.

Not correct, but not entirely wrong either. Although quite far from the answer he was looking for. "An excellent train of thought, Mr. Zeke. But what you just witnessed was a small scale model of an astronomical phenomena with 100 million times the amount of energy than the event believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs."

Just some food for thought.

It was no mere asteroid!

The professor chuckled. "If that was enough to give you all a heart attack, then we all do really need to work on our constant vigilance!"

"A very good guess, Miss Valentine," he nodded. "Especially considering the fragility of a comet's core....but not the answer I am looking for."

Snorting, the professor simply nodded his head at the Hufflepuff....while trying not to erupt into a fit of manly giggles at her literal interpretation of the question.

Had been his own fault that his question had not been specific enough for her to, er, grasp.

And then there was this response. Talk about perspective whiplash.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh...." Airey said, his eyes widening and lips pursing as he tried to figure out how best to respond to....that. "No? Let's go with no."

Surveying the semi circle of desks, his blue eyes fell on the Ravenclaw and....he just sort of nodded.

"FUN FACT!" he said, pointing at Miss McGee right between the eyes. "In order for there to be a proper BOOM, meaning sound, there must be molecules to vibrate. HOWEVER, in the large empty areas between stars and planets, there are no molecules to vibrate and thus no sound."

Which probably had very little to do with what she had actually said, but he just had to share.

"Also, Miss McGee, stellar article in the Quill. Pebbles, Boulder, and myself thoroughly enjoyed it."

Airey nodded his head. "Another fantastic and well thought out guess, Mr. Atreyu, but not the one I am looking for."

"No, no comets," he replied, shaking his head. "Tell Elvis to rest easy. Not even his second cousins once removed."

It wasn't even proper rock to begin with.

The professor tapped his chin with his index finger. "No....but if anyone was feeling a bit drowsy I certainly hope it woke them up." First day back in classes and everything...AND after lunch.

Airey's eyes fell on Mr. Baines and gave him a small approving nod. Attentive listening was always appreciated.

"Veeeeeeeeeeeery close, Mr. Banner! And certainly on the right track," he nodded, giving the prefect a VERY enthusiastic salute. "But yes, that is the general gist of things."

The very general gist on a grand scale.

Bother? Perhaps Mr. Anderson could use a bit more rest. Although he did guess what it was the Gryffindor had meant to say.

"That is a small part of things, yes."

Ah, if only there was some fantastical collision happening somewhere in the sky tonight that he could have assigned for homework...However, if there HAD been one at night, well, he would have held the lesson at that hour. As it was, he did not want to send students to the Hospital Wing for catching a cold after getting wet at night.

Oops. Had he thought too much?

"No quite, Miss Mancini. But thank you for your guess."

Another attentive listener. Airey gave the young Hufflepuff an encouraging nod before looking around the semi circle for the next raised hand.

"That IS the question of the moment now, isn't it?" the astronomer mused while offering the young man a wink.

"The Big Bang Theory is indeed the standing theory of how the universe was created," he nodded. But now was the chance for some of the older students, perhaps those set to take their NEWTs this term, hmmm?, to try their hand at teaching a classmate. "But the Big Bang wasn't really a bang at all. Does anyone recall what a more accurate term would be?"

Anyone?

Pushing images of little green men far from his head - like the ones seen in low budget muggle science fiction films - he both nodded his head and shook it at the Ravenclaw. "Yes...and no...but changed it how, exactly?" If only she had said more.

He had expected enthusiasm from this Gryffindor...but not on THIS topic. Ah yes, the nature of Gryffindor-esque distraction.

"A bit off topic for the current discussion, I'm afraid," he chuckled, tapping his knuckles twice on her desk. "I'll be happy to explain things to you once the lesson is over."

The man was already easily distraction and brought off topic by ... things...as it was.

Oops. Too much?

"You alright there, Miss Edayson?"

He shook his head. "This is a reenactment of something theorized to have happened in the Earth's past."

No more future end of the world talk for today. They had done that a previous term and, well, Airey didn't really want to have Seers and their faulty predictions mentioned in his classroom.

The left over....huh? Her answer was almost as puzzling as the Slytherin's, and thus earned the same sort of response.

"Good...er...try....but I'm going to go with a no on this one..." he said, forcing an encouraging smile on his lips. She WAS a first year, after all.

Mr. Adair received a polite nod of the head as well. Again, attentive listening. It was fantastic. Or perhaps he would like to try his hand at answering the question he posed in response to Miss Holiday?

Airey was quite impressed and even paused for a moment to give the young woman a polite golf clap. "That is a very well thought out theory, Miss Woolf. HOWEVER, that is not how the asteroid belt was formed according to astronomers. While Jupiter DID play a role, its role was not one in which it caused one planet to collide with another, but that it's gravitational force prevented all the bits of dust and rock from coalescing into another planet. A planet that, had it been able to form, would have been possibly been able to form a planet nearly four times the size of the Earth."

Look at that. His little catch phase was catching on. Heh.

"Good guess, but no. Asteroids, as we know them, are in fact leftovers from the formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago."

Mr. McWitty received a polite nod of the head as well and a salute for a well placed name plaque - even though he already knew the young man's name.

"You are more than welcome to keep those, if you wish," he chuckled as he passed by Miss Brown's desk. "Might make for an interesting potion ingredient."

Maybe. Or maybe not. But a little experimentation never hurt anyone.

Oooooooooh so close. But not entirely incorrect either. "A very good educated guess, Mr. Mordaunt," he applauded the Slytherin. Who, by the way, it was nice to see back. "While very true that Saturn's rings were formed from comets, asteroids, moons, and other space debris breaking up and colliding with one another due to the planet's very strong gravity...that is not the answer I am looking for."

Partly why he enjoyed such open ended questions and vague demonstrations. Students really got to LOOK at how similar and connected so many aspects of our universe were.

Including the very fact, his favorite about the universe, that each and every one of them was made from star stuff.

SO CLOSE. OH SO VERY CLOSE!

"You are on the right track, Miss Burton," he applauded the seventh year.

He probably ought to qualify his response to all those who had mentioned asteroids before. So hopefully everyone was paying attention.

"Asteroids are at times referred to as minor planets, so in a sense...yes. It does...while at the same time...no, not really."

Vaaaaaaaaague.

The suited astronomer smirked. "Perhaps, and if I really was I must admit that some of you need to work a bit more on them."

A small nod was given to Mr. Phillips for his attentive listening. Thank you, young man.

He shook his head. "Afraid not." And that really was a can of worms he did not want to get into right now. Had a schedule to keep and all.

"YES!" he said, wth some dramatic pointing. He only wished she had shared a bit more. But YES.

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The professor's ears turned an unnatural shade of red and he began tugging at his tie as his mind moved to........his impending future. Trying to keep himself from looking too terribly uncomfortable - and failing miserably - he rubbed his sweaty hands against his trousers and cleared his throat for several long and uncomfortable moments.

"Ahem...er...no...that's...no...moving on..." he muttered as he quickly moved on to the next raised hand.

"Not quite, Mr. Toussaint. However, stellar collision is a fascinating study that we unfortunately do not have time to discuss today." So ... they would all really just have to take his word for it. Unless they turned to their textbooks that is.

The professor shrugged his shoulders in return. Shrug shrug shrug.

SPOILER!!: Noel, Norah, Yoongi...aka planet on planet theory!

It was the next set of raised hands that got the man the most excited and while many students had, in fact, alluded to this very same concept, it was their terminology that really was the distinguishing factor.

“YES!” he roared, finger thrust towards Mr. Wallace first. “Planets…” he began, leaping on to the boy’s desk and then jumping over towards Miss Kittredge’s in the next instance. “...colliding…” He then finished up his celebratory jumping on Mr. Hyland’s desk. “...with one another.”

He contemplated staying right where he was, on the Gryffindor’s desk, but thought the better of it and jumped off before continuing. “Two planets in particular, actually. The large sphere he represents the Earth whereas the smaller one is meant to represent an ancient planet called Theia. Now, the actual existence of this planet is purely hypothesized based on astronomical research and findings, but it is believed to have been a Mars-sized planet that....” He paused here to look at the debris. Right on time. He gave his sundial watch a proud tap with his index finger.

SPOILER!!: Benzi & Dot..aka MAKE A MOON kiddos

YES! YES YES YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!

Leaping and trying his best not to kick any and all inkwells and parchment off desks, Airey jumped first onto Miss Wojack’s desk, pointed at her excitedly between the eyes with a loud YES! and then proceeded todo the same on Mr. Rider’s. “Precisely! A moon! But just just ANY moon...OUR MOON!”

TAAAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAA! WELCOME TO THE STELLAR WORLD OF MOON FORMATION, HOGWARTIANS!

Still highly excitable from the previous answers, it didn't take very much time for the professor to leap from the Ravenclaw's desk over to the one belonging to Mr. Tem....Mr. Toby.

Save for the word 'stuff', it as a very thoughtful response.

"You must be referring to the manner in which the large sphere seemed to slow its rotation after the initial impact of the smaller sphere, yes?" he rhetorically asked. "A very GOOD observation, inDEED! It is hypothesized that the Earth's day had been just two to three hours long at the time of Theia's impact. This high rotational speed would have been necessary for enough material to be thrown off our forming Earth into space to form the Moon. The impact therefore not only created our Moon, but also eventually produced the 24-hour day that we know and live."

FASCINATING STUFF, YEAH?!

Seeing no other raised hands, he decided to continue.

"This theory, which is the most widely accepted theory, of how the Moon was formed is called the the Giant Impactor Theory or the Giant Impact Hypothesis," he began. There were really several other names, but these were the two he would prefer students remember. "And to summarize without going into too many details, is a theory in which a Mars-sized planet, given the name Theia, collided with the Earth approximately 4.5 billion years ago and the debris from that impact is what formed our Moon. There is a lot of evidence supporting this theory, which was pulled to the forefront of astronomical research after humanity first landed on the Moon and was able to study it up close, but the theory is not without its holes. However, among the other standing theories it is the most plausible."

He really was trying not to lecture TOO much, but he was incredibly excited about this. Astronomy was, after all, his passion.

"Now, just to touch base on some of the other theories out there...another is the Capture Theory where the Earth, similar to how Mars captured its two moons - Phobos and Deimos - but it does not explain how our Moon is spherical and therefore highly unlikely. Another is one called the Fission Theory in which a piece of the Earth simply fell off turning its period of rapid spinning - supporters of this theory believe that to be the Pacific Ocean basin. But there is much evidence against this theory as well."

And there were others, but he would not to overload them with information at the moment. They still had a lot of ground to cover.

"It just goes to show you that some of the universe's greatest mysteries are not that far away at all," he manly giggled as he looked up at the now complete replica of the Earth and its moon floating above the class. "One of your assignments for homework will be to read more on these and other formation theories, so let's move on in our discussion for now. Unless there are any questions?"

Which they were free to ask at any time.

"Now, the Moon may be something that we here on Earth take for granted. We look up, it's visible. Sometimes its not when its a New Moon. It's romanticized and the source of much mythology...but just WHY is the Moon important? Furthermore, do you think the Earth would be fine without its existence?"

And hand raising starting.....NOW!

OOC: you all rock my socks! <3 Same as before, just assume that Professor Flamsteed has called on your student to speak. All answers, right or wrong, are accepted and appreciated

Class will resume in approximately 24 hours from the time of this post.

Any questions may be directed to myself OOC via VM or PM or IC to Professor Flamsteed.

SPOILER!!: Henric

Ilia gave Henric a small smile as she saw him hide his head , knowing that it was from amusement. She was glad that she could perk him up a bit.....and also glad that she wasn't the only person that found it funny.

It seemed that the Professor did not find her question so amusing though, so she decided she would hold off on the 'humor' filled answers and respond a bit more seriously. She raised her and with her turn....... "The moon is important because it helps our gravity stay at a healthy level. The gravity and rotation affects the tides and that affects our climate." Climate affected all of the animals , which is what Ilia was really concerned with. If their climate changed, the animals would change or cease to exist which meant the earth would NOT be too ok in her opinion. "The earth wouldn't be the same without the moon and might not have life like we do, so......it probably wouldn't be very ok." No animals meant not ok for her, nopeity nope.

05-10-2015, 06:13 AM	#126 (permalink)
VRSCIKA DMAC & DMC Billywig Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 3,402 x1	Dragon Geisha/Toni-Toni Chopper/Master of Chocobos Alpha Goddess/ Darth Devious /Davvy's twinneh SPOILER!!: Professor Flamsteed Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie As you sit waiting patiently - or not so patiently - for your turn to speak, the debris over head continues to float around and seemingly orbit the large sphere. However, if you pauy attention carefully - which is understood may be difficult considering you are trying to multitask by paying attention to your classmates and the professor - you will notice that some of the debris begins to move closer to one another and….hmmmmmm...begins to coalesce? Have no fear if these changes would have changed your answer just now. The movement is subtle enough not to notice right away and having to pay attention to so many things at once, well, you were bound to accidentally over look something. "Not quite, Miss Valentine," he said with a shake of the head. Not quite was being generous really, but there it was. Not correct, but not entirely wrong either. Although quite far from the answer he was looking for. "An excellent train of thought, Mr. Zeke. But what you just witnessed was a small scale model of an astronomical phenomena with 100 million times the amount of energy than the event believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs." Just some food for thought. It was no mere asteroid! The professor chuckled. "If that was enough to give you all a heart attack, then we all do really need to work on our constant vigilance!" "A very good guess, Miss Valentine," he nodded. "Especially considering the fragility of a comet's core....but not the answer I am looking for." Snorting, the professor simply nodded his head at the Hufflepuff....while trying not to erupt into a fit of manly giggles at her literal interpretation of the question. Had been his own fault that his question had not been specific enough for her to, er, grasp. And then there was this response. Talk about perspective whiplash. "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh...." Airey said, his eyes widening and lips pursing as he tried to figure out how best to respond to....that. "No? Let's go with no." Surveying the semi circle of desks, his blue eyes fell on the Ravenclaw and....he just sort of nodded. "FUN FACT!" he said, pointing at Miss McGee right between the eyes. "In order for there to be a proper BOOM, meaning sound, there must be molecules to vibrate. HOWEVER, in the large empty areas between stars and planets, there are no molecules to vibrate and thus no sound." Which probably had very little to do with what she had actually said, but he just had to share. "Also, Miss McGee, stellar article in the Quill. Pebbles, Boulder, and myself thoroughly enjoyed it." Airey nodded his head. "Another fantastic and well thought out guess, Mr. Atreyu, but not the one I am looking for." "No, no comets," he replied, shaking his head. "Tell Elvis to rest easy. Not even his second cousins once removed." It wasn't even proper rock to begin with. The professor tapped his chin with his index finger. "No....but if anyone was feeling a bit drowsy I certainly hope it woke them up." First day back in classes and everything...AND after lunch. Airey's eyes fell on Mr. Baines and gave him a small approving nod. Attentive listening was always appreciated. "Veeeeeeeeeeeery close, Mr. Banner! And certainly on the right track," he nodded, giving the prefect a VERY enthusiastic salute. "But yes, that is the general gist of things." The very general gist on a grand scale. Bother? Perhaps Mr. Anderson could use a bit more rest. Although he did guess what it was the Gryffindor had meant to say. "That is a small part of things, yes." Ah, if only there was some fantastical collision happening somewhere in the sky tonight that he could have assigned for homework...However, if there HAD been one at night, well, he would have held the lesson at that hour. As it was, he did not want to send students to the Hospital Wing for catching a cold after getting wet at night. Oops. Had he thought too much? "No quite, Miss Mancini. But thank you for your guess." Another attentive listener. Airey gave the young Hufflepuff an encouraging nod before looking around the semi circle for the next raised hand. "That IS the question of the moment now, isn't it?" the astronomer mused while offering the young man a wink. "*The Big Bang Theory is indeed the standing theory of how the universe* was created," he nodded. But now was the chance for some of the older students, perhaps those set to take their NEWTs this term, hmmm?, to try their hand at teaching a classmate. "But the Big Bang wasn't really a bang at all. Does anyone recall what a more accurate term would be?" Anyone? Pushing images of little green men far from his head - like the ones seen in low budget muggle science fiction films - he both nodded his head and shook it at the Ravenclaw. "Yes...and no...but changed it how, exactly?" If only she had said more. He had expected enthusiasm from this Gryffindor...but not on THIS topic. Ah yes, the nature of Gryffindor-esque distraction. "A bit off topic for the current discussion, I'm afraid," he chuckled, tapping his knuckles twice on her desk. "I'll be happy to explain things to you once the lesson is over." The man was already easily distraction and brought off topic by ... things...as it was. Oops. Too much? "You alright there, Miss Edayson?" He shook his head. "This is a reenactment of something theorized to have happened in the Earth's past." No more future end of the world talk for today. They had done that a previous term and, well, Airey didn't really want to have Seers and their faulty predictions mentioned in his classroom. The left over....huh? Her answer was almost as puzzling as the Slytherin's, and thus earned the same sort of response. "Good...er...try....but I'm going to go with a no on this one...*" he said, forcing an encouraging smile on his lips. She WAS a first year, after all. Mr. Adair received a polite nod of the head as well. Again, attentive listening. It was fantastic. Or perhaps he would like to try his hand at answering the question he posed in response to Miss Holiday? Airey was quite impressed and even paused for a moment to give the young woman a polite golf clap. "That is a very well thought out theory, Miss Woolf. HOWEVER, that is not how the asteroid belt was formed according to astronomers. While Jupiter DID play a role, its role was not one in which it caused one planet to collide with another, but that it's gravitational force prevented* all the bits of dust and rock from coalescing into another planet. A planet that, had it been able to form, would have been possibly been able to form a planet nearly four times the size of the Earth." Look at that. His little catch phase was catching on. Heh. "Good guess, but no. Asteroids, as we know them, are in fact leftovers from the formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago." Mr. McWitty received a polite nod of the head as well and a salute for a well placed name plaque - even though he already knew the young man's name. "You are more than welcome to keep those, if you wish," he chuckled as he passed by Miss Brown's desk. "Might make for an interesting potion ingredient." Maybe. Or maybe not. But a little experimentation never hurt anyone. Oooooooooh so close. But not entirely incorrect either. "A very good educated guess, Mr. Mordaunt," he applauded the Slytherin. Who, by the way, it was nice to see back. "While very true that Saturn's rings were formed from comets, asteroids, moons, and other space debris breaking up and colliding with one another due to the planet's very strong gravity...that is not the answer I am looking for." Partly why he enjoyed such open ended questions and vague demonstrations. Students really got to LOOK at how similar and connected so many aspects of our universe were. Including the very fact, his favorite about the universe, that each and every one of them was made from star stuff. SO CLOSE. OH SO VERY CLOSE! "You are on the right track, Miss Burton," he applauded the seventh year. He probably ought to qualify his response to all those who had mentioned asteroids before. So hopefully everyone was paying attention. "Asteroids are at times referred to as minor planets, so in a sense...yes. It does...while at the same time...no, not really." Vaaaaaaaaague. The suited astronomer smirked. "Perhaps, and if I really was I must admit that some of you need to work a bit more on them." A small nod was given to Mr. Phillips for his attentive listening. Thank you, young man. He shook his head. "Afraid not." And that really was a can of worms he did not want to get into right now. Had a schedule to keep and all. "YES!" he said, wth some dramatic pointing. He only wished she had shared a bit more. But YES. .................................... .................................... .................................... The professor's ears turned an unnatural shade of red and he began tugging at his tie as his mind moved to........his impending future. Trying to keep himself from looking too terribly uncomfortable - and failing miserably - he rubbed his sweaty hands against his trousers and cleared his throat for several long and uncomfortable moments. "Ahem...er...no...that's...no...moving on..." he muttered as he quickly moved on to the next raised hand. "Not quite, Mr. Toussaint. However, stellar collision is a fascinating study that we unfortunately do not have time to discuss today." So ... they would all really just have to take his word for it. Unless they turned to their textbooks that is. The professor shrugged his shoulders in return. Shrug shrug shrug. SPOILER!!: Noel, Norah, Yoongi...aka planet on planet theory! It was the next set of raised hands that got the man the most excited and while many students had, in fact, alluded to this very same concept, it was their terminology that really was the distinguishing factor. “YES!” he roared, finger thrust towards Mr. Wallace first. “Planets…” he began, leaping on to the boy’s desk and then jumping over towards Miss Kittredge’s in the next instance. “...colliding…” He then finished up his celebratory jumping on Mr. Hyland’s desk. “...with one another.” He contemplated staying right where he was, on the Gryffindor’s desk, but thought the better of it and jumped off before continuing. “Two planets in particular, actually. The large sphere he represents the Earth whereas the smaller one is meant to represent an ancient planet called Theia. Now, the actual existence of this planet is purely hypothesized based on astronomical research and findings, but it is believed to have been a Mars-sized planet that....” He paused here to look at the debris. Right on time. He gave his sundial watch a proud tap with his index finger. SPOILER!!: Benzi & Dot..aka MAKE A MOON kiddos YES! YES YES YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! Leaping and trying his best not to kick any and all inkwells and parchment off desks, Airey jumped first onto Miss Wojack’s desk, pointed at her excitedly between the eyes with a loud YES! and then proceeded todo the same on Mr. Rider’s. “Precisely! A moon! But just just ANY moon...OUR MOON!” TAAAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAA! WELCOME TO THE STELLAR WORLD OF MOON FORMATION, HOGWARTIANS! Still highly excitable from the previous answers, it didn't take very much time for the professor to leap from the Ravenclaw's desk over to the one belonging to Mr. Tem....Mr. Toby. Save for the word 'stuff', it as a very thoughtful response. "You must be referring to the manner in which the large sphere seemed to slow its rotation after the initial impact of the smaller sphere, yes?" he rhetorically asked. "A very GOOD observation, inDEED! It is hypothesized that the Earth's day had been just two to three hours long at the time of Theia's impact. This high rotational speed would have been necessary for enough material to be thrown off our forming Earth into space to form the Moon. The impact therefore not only created our Moon, but also eventually produced the 24-hour day that we know and live." FASCINATING STUFF, YEAH?! Seeing no other raised hands, he decided to continue. "This theory, which is the most widely accepted theory, of how the Moon was formed is called the the Giant Impactor Theory or the Giant Impact Hypothesis," he began. There were really several other names, but these were the two he would prefer students remember. "And to summarize without going into too many details, is a theory in which a Mars-sized planet, given the name Theia, collided with the Earth approximately 4.5 billion years ago and the debris from that impact is what formed our Moon. There is a lot of evidence supporting this theory, which was pulled to the forefront of astronomical research after humanity first landed on the Moon and was able to study it up close, but the theory is not without its holes. However, among the other standing theories it is the most plausible." He really was trying not to lecture TOO much, but he was incredibly excited about this. Astronomy was, after all, his passion. "Now, just to touch base on some of the other theories out there...another is the Capture Theory where the Earth, similar to how Mars captured its two moons - Phobos and Deimos - but it does not explain how our Moon is spherical and therefore highly unlikely. Another is one called the Fission Theory in which a piece of the Earth simply fell off turning its period of rapid spinning - supporters of this theory believe that to be the Pacific Ocean basin. But there is much evidence against this theory as well." And there were others, but he would not to overload them with information at the moment. They still had a lot of ground to cover. "It just goes to show you that some of the universe's greatest mysteries are not that far away at all," he manly giggled as he looked up at the now complete replica of the Earth and its moon floating above the class. "One of your assignments for homework will be to read more on these and other formation theories, so let's move on in our discussion for now. Unless there are any questions?" Which they were free to ask at any time. "Now, the Moon may be something that we here on Earth take for granted. We look up, it's visible. Sometimes its not when its a New Moon. It's romanticized and the source of much mythology...but just WHY is the Moon important? Furthermore, do you think the Earth would be fine without its existence?" And hand raising starting.....NOW! OOC: you all rock my socks! <3 Same as before, just assume that Professor Flamsteed has called on your student to speak. All answers, right or wrong, are accepted and appreciated Class will resume in approximately 24 hours from the time of this post. Any questions may be directed to myself OOC via VM or PM or IC to Professor Flamsteed. SPOILER!!: Henric Quote: Originally Posted by Symphora Henric quickly muffled his impending laughter when llia asked the professor how baby rocks were made.Oh dear...he didn't want to get in trouble again from disrespecting pet rocks with their 'love' affair so he put his head down to hide his amused facial expression. He gave a thumbs up towards llia, to show that he certainly approved of her question.Alright..alrightt...be serious Henric. Henric listened to the professor's explanation, trying to understand each bit...nope...still not getting it but he took down notes in case the professor's theoretical question appeared in the test. Right...next question. He lifted his hand to answer, noticed what he did there..he needed to appear that he was participating in class too! "It is because of the gravitational pull, professor, without the moon, we could all perished and die..."he answered, gulping. Ilia gave Henric a small smile as she saw him hide his head , knowing that it was from amusement. She was glad that she could perk him up a bit.....and also glad that she wasn't the only person that found it funny. It seemed that the Professor did not find her question so amusing though, so she decided she would hold off on the 'humor' filled answers and respond a bit more seriously. She raised her and with her turn....... "The moon is important because it helps our gravity stay at a healthy level. The gravity and rotation affects the tides and that affects our climate." Climate affected all of the animals , which is what Ilia was really concerned with. If their climate changed, the animals would change or cease to exist which meant the earth would NOT be too ok in her opinion. "The earth wouldn't be the same without the moon and might not have life like we do, so......it probably wouldn't be very ok." No animals meant not ok for her, nopeity nope.