Max's Ice Age Adventure

Max's Ice Age Adventure — page 1 — One morning a group of scientists were talking about their greatest invention ever It was the Time Machine SK41 4

Max's Ice Age Adventure — page 2 — Is time travel really possible No one knows but it would No one knows but it would certainly cause problems certainly cause problems For example suppose you For example suppose you went back in time and went back in time and accidentally prevented your accidentally prevented your parents from meeting How parents from meeting How could you then exist Most could you then exist Most scientists therefore doubt scientists therefore doubt that time travel is possible that time travel is possible Of course it’s still fun to Of course it’s still fun to think about think about 5

Max's Ice Age Adventure — page 3 — They were talking about who was going to test it out So far no one had come to volunteer Just then Max and his good friend Tori showed up 6

Max's Ice Age Adventure — page 4 — They immediately offered to test it out It turned out that they were going to the time of the Ice Age What is an ice age An ice age is a time when An ice age is a time when Earth is unusually cold Earth is unusually cold Earth has had many ice ages Earth has had many ice ages in the past with some much in the past with some much colder than others In fact colder than others In fact because even the North because even the North and South poles have been and South poles have been ice-free for most of Earth’s ice-free for most of Earth’s history we are in some history we are in some sense still in an ice age sense still in an ice age today although no one today although no one calls it that calls it that 7

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