ReadWorks As Time Flies By

According to the passage, time travel is closely related to which of the following?

space

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below. _______ the author is focused on traveling through time, much of the article is about traveling through space.

Even though

When Marty McFly's car travels a minute into the future, how far does it move in space?

It does not move at all

If the earth never stops moving, what can you infer about time?

It never stops moving forward.

Films and novels use time travel to send characters to the past and future.

Marty McFly travels from 1985 to 1955 in Back to the Future.

What does Schechner's theory of time travel conclude about a time traveling car that cruises one minute into the future?

Schechner's theory concludes that if a time-traveling car cruises one minute into the future, then it could reappear a thousand miles away in space, a thousand miles deep into the Earth's crust, or a thousand miles in any other direction. Students may also note that based on this theory, it's very unlikely, however, that the car would be fast enough to catch up with the movements of the planet to end up in the exact place where it disappeared.

Explain whether the people who made Back to the Future would agree with Shechner's theory of time travel. Use information from the passage to support your answer. Answer

Students should explain that they probably would not agree with Shechner's theory of time travel because Marty McFly's car travels through time without moving at all in space. This does not align with Shechner's theory that movement through space is inevitable in time travel.

What is the passage mainly about?

how time travel may relate to movement through space

When the author describes the earth's movements around the sun, what does he focus on?

the way it affects how we measure time

Read the following sentence: "If a time-traveling car cruises one minute into the future, then it could reappear a thousand miles away on another place on the earth's surface, a thousand miles away from the earth in space, or a thousand miles deep into the earth's crust." As used in the passage, what does the word "cruises" more nearly mean?

travels