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Video 2. Dr Quantum - Flatland
I. Before watching the video: 1. What do you think the video will be about? It might talk about the 2 dimensional things, where there isn't the sense of volume and depth.

2. What do you think "flatland" means? It means when and object is in two dimension, the object doesn't have any sense of depth.

Image taken from. [] on Aug 12th, 2009 II. Now click on the following link and watch the video. While watching, please answer the following questions: []

Who are the main characters in the video? Dr. Quantum and the circle

What's the difference between the worlds in which the characters live in? Where Dr. Quantum lives it exist the depth

What does Dr. Quantum decide to do? He tries to explain a flat circle that it exists another dimension different from where it lives, called the 3 dimension. That is positioned above them. Dr. Quantum wants to show the circle what could it becomes in the 3 dimension.

What does this cause to the other character? The circle is afraid cause it can't see Dr. Quantum when he is talking and also because he pronounces the forbidden word, that is above and if they say it, could bring a punishment. After she calms down and agree to try the other dimension she becomes a sphere and she is really happy to see the difference between the two dimensions.

III. After watching the video, please answer these questions. How many dimensions do you know? There are 2 dimensions, which are: - 2 dimension: it is composed of length and width. - 3 dimension: it is composed of length, width and depth

Would you like to live in a two dimensional world? Why?

I would never live on a 2 dimensional world because everything __will__ would be so flat and boring.