What are separation points?

Separation points are places where things stop sticking together and start moving apart.

Imagine you're pushing a big crowd of people through a narrow hallway, they’re all squished close, but once the hallway opens up, some people will stop following the group and go off in their own direction. Those spots where the crowd splits up are like separation points.

Think about a stream or river that flows through a narrow canyon, it’s all one smooth flow. But when the river reaches a wider area, like a lake, some of the water might go off to the left, and some goes off to the right. That wide part is where the separation points are, the spots where the water decides which way to go.

You can see this in action with your breakfast cereal too! If you pour milk into a bowl full of cereal, the cereal moves around at first, but after a while, some pieces float up and others sink down. The separation points are like the places where the floating and sinking start happening, it's where they stop sticking together and go their own way!