Oh. He'd just... be quiet then. James bowed his head and looked down at his quill. Why had he even tried with all the older, cleverer people in the room? He traced his fingers over the feather of his quill, contemplating his wrong answer. He hadn't even glanced up when the professor jumped from table to table, he was just lost in his own failure.

The question from the professor about the moon had James about to open his mouth, but someone got there first and mentioned about the waves. He knew basics and that the moon did control the depth of the ocean at times. Remembering something from a book he'd read from mum's shelf, he spoke up. Hopefully this time he wouldn't get shot down in flames? "I read that the Moon could have been one of the things that caused the heat to escape from the centre of the Earth... which is something to do with the tectamonic plates" Was that the word? Tectoaic? Tactile? Oh, well the professor knew what he meant. Hopefully. "Does this mean the world stays warm because of the lava in the middle?" He was sure it had a different name though. Magnum or something.

"Sometimes it can affect the clouds and rain because of this too, right?" He'd asked mum what it had meant and she'd explained that the water warmth controlled how clouds were made and where they let the water go. He'd have to write and ask.