Lucy Homework box

[Headmaster Dumbledore]

Here is the homebox.

[Lucy Brooks]

Homework: Write a essay on any thing related to charms.


Charms Magic

Charms are a type of magic spell concerned with enchanting an object to behave in a way that isn't normal for that object. For example, the Summoning Charm brings an object to the caster. Charms is also something of a catch-all for spells that aren't Transfiguration. In some sense, if a spell isn't Transfiguration, it's probably a Charm.

A Charms spell might cause something to flash different colors. It might cause an object to levitate or even fly through the air. Charms can make a person laugh or dance or even create a bubble of breathable air around a person's head. In all of these cases, the object or the person doesn't really change, they just do something unexpected.

Some Charms can be extremely powerful. The Fidelius Charm, for example, can completely hide a person or a place in such a way that no one can find them unless they are given the location by a Secret Keeper. Memory Charms can be so strong that they completely remove a person's memory or even damage their mind permanently.

Charm spells are in some ways the opposite of Curses: many Charms seem to have in inherent positive tone, like the Tickling Charm. While Curses have an inherent negative one. This is not to say that Charms are weaker magic; a well-chosen Charm is a powerful magical tool against Curses, Jinxes, and Hexes.

Lucy May Brooks, Ravenclaw 1st year

Grade: Outstanding

[Lucy Brooks]

Homework: Write a report on all that you know about 2 planets.

My report is on the planet Venus and Neptune, which is two of my most favorite planets, below is the reports about them.

Venus

Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. It is the brightest natural object in the night sky, except for the Moon, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6. Because Venus is an inferior planet, from Earth it never appears to venture far from the Sun: its elongation reaches a maximum of 47.8°. Venus reaches its maximum brightness shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset, for which reason it is often called the Morning Star or the Evening Star.

Classified as a terrestrial planet, it is sometimes called Earth's "sister planet", for the two are similar in size, gravity, and bulk composition. Venus is covered with an opaque layer of highly reflective clouds of carbon dioxide, preventing its surface from being seen from space in visible light; this was a subject of great speculation until some of its secrets were revealed by planetary science in the twentieth century. Venus has the densest atmosphere of all the terrestrial planets, consisting mostly of carbon dioxide. The atmospheric pressure at the planet's surface is 90 times that of the Earth.

Venus' surface has been mapped in detail only in the last 20 years. It shows evidence of extensive volcanism, and some of its volcanoes may still be active today. Venus is thought to undergo periodic episodes of plate tectonics, in which the crust is subducted rapidly within a few million years, separated by stable periods of a few hundred million years.

Neptune

Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in our solar system. It is the fourth largest planet by diameter and the third largest by mass; Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near twin Uranus, which is 14 Earth masses, but Neptune is slightly smaller in volume due to its higher density. The planet is named after the Roman god of the sea. Its astronomical symbol is a stylized version of Poseidon's Trident.

Neptune's atmosphere is primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, with traces of methane that account for the planet's blue appearance. Neptune's blue color is much more vivid than that of Uranus, which has a similar amount of methane, so an unknown component is presumed to cause Neptune's intense color. Neptune also has the strongest winds of any planet in the solar system, measured as high as 2,100 km/h or 1,300 mph. At the time of the 1989 Voyager 2 flyby, it had in its southern hemisphere a Great Dark Spot comparable to the Great Red Spot on Jupiter. Neptune's temperature at its cloud tops is usually close to −210 °C, one of the coldest in the solar system, due to its long distance from the sun. However, Neptune's center is about 7,000 °C, hotter than the sun's surface. This is due to extremely hot gases and rock in the center.

Faint azure colored rings have been detected around the blue planet, but are much less substantial than those of Saturn. Neptune possesses thirteen confirmed moons. Neptune's largest moon, Triton, is notable for its retrograde orbit, extreme cold and extremely tenuous nitrogen/methane atmosphere. A portion of the dwarf planet Pluto's highly eccentric orbit brings it nearer to the Sun than Neptune, whose orbit is nearly circular. As a result, for approximately 13 to 20 years out of the every 248, Neptune lies farther from the Sun than Pluto.

Lucy May Brooks, Ravenclaw 1st year

Grade: Outstanding

[Headmaster Dumbledore]

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