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Video 2. Dr Quantum - Flatland **SUPER [[image:xmas-present-069.jpg]] **
I. Before watching the video: 1. What do you think the video will be about? I think that the video will be about Quantum Theory and its relationship with the world dimensions.**Good **

2. What do you think "flatland" means? Flatland maybe means " flat land " (Tierra plana), that is to say, a world that exists in two dimensions.**Good **

II. Now click on the following link and watch the video. While watching, please answer the following questions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWyTxCsIXE4&feature=related



Who are the main characters in the video? The main characters are Dr. Quantum and the little circle.**Good **

What's the difference between the worlds in which the characters live in? The difference is that one world exist**S **in two dimensions and the other world exist**S ** in three dimensions, this means that the perspectives with which every personage sees the world are different and that there are objects defined in a space of more dimensions that do not make sense in one of fewer dimensions. For example, a sphere do**ES **n't exist in a two dimensional world; in two dimensions, it's a circle. **Good **

What does Dr. Quantum decide to do? Dr. Quantum decides to extract the little circle of her world in two dimensions, so that she could know the world of Dr. Quantum **Good **

What does this cause to the other character? The little circle transforms in a sphere. **Good **

III. After watching the video, please answer these questions.

How many dimensions do you know? Please mention them and define them

1-dimensional is a line, this has width.

2-dimensional is a plane, this has high place and width.

3-dimensional is a space, this has high place, width and depth.
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Would you like to live in a two dimensional world? Why?

No, because there are many objects that don't exists **(OMIT) **in a two dimensional world, and many movements that are not possible in a two dimensional world. I like my 3-dimensional world =). **Good **