The Fission Theory: This theory proposes that the Moon was once part of the Earth and somehow separated from the Earth early in the history of the solar system.
When you actually use that class to make a THING, this is what you make. A method is a bit of code that can be called when needed (often as part of an class, but not always) Here's an example: I write a class called Ball. In my main code, I then write a=Ball.new, b=Ball.new, c=Ball.new.
Class methods are methods which are declared as static. The method can be called without creating an instance of the class. Class methods can only operate on class members and not on instance members as class methods are unaware of instance members. Instance methods of the class can also not be called from within a class method unless they are being called on an instance of that class.