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Cause and Effect

The document provides an example of cause and effect and five scenarios to identify causes and effects. It explains that a cause is the reason something happens and an effect is what happens as a result. Students are asked to identify the cause and effect in each short scenario, including that mixing vinegar and baking soda causes it to fizz and bubble over, talking during a quiz resulted in missing recess, forgetting a grocery list at home led to forgetting flour for a cake, rain caused a soccer game to be cancelled, and British taxes on colonial goods led to the colonists declaring independence and starting a war.

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Cause and Effect

The document provides an example of cause and effect and five scenarios to identify causes and effects. It explains that a cause is the reason something happens and an effect is what happens as a result. Students are asked to identify the cause and effect in each short scenario, including that mixing vinegar and baking soda causes it to fizz and bubble over, talking during a quiz resulted in missing recess, forgetting a grocery list at home led to forgetting flour for a cake, rain caused a soccer game to be cancelled, and British taxes on colonial goods led to the colonists declaring independence and starting a war.

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Name:________________________ Date:_________________

Cause and Effect

A cause is the reason why something happens. The effect is what happens.
Example: There was a loud boom of thunder, and my dog began to scratch at the door.
Cause: Loud boom of thunder Effect: The dog scratched at the door

Read each short scenario. Identify the cause and the effect for each.
1. In science class, Jessica mixed vinegar and baking soda together. The mixture began to fizz and
bubble over.

Cause: _______________________________________________________________

Effect: _______________________________________________________________

2. My friend Elizabeth was talking during the quiz in Mrs. Jefferson’s class. Mrs. Jefferson told her she
would have to stay inside during recess.

Cause: _______________________________________________________________

Effect: _______________________________________________________________

3. My mother made a grocery list, but she left it at home. Then, she forgot to buy the flour that we needed
to make a cake.

Cause: _______________________________________________________________

Effect: _______________________________________________________________

4. It began to rain and storm just before our soccer game, so we had to cancel the game.

Cause: _______________________________________________________________

Effect: _______________________________________________________________

5. When the American states were still colonies of England, the king of England began to tax everything
that the colonists shipped to England and that they tried to buy from England. The colonists decided
that they would rather be independent, and they started a war with England.

Cause: _______________________________________________________________

Effect: _______________________________________________________________

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Name:________________________ Date:_________________

Answers Cause and Effect

A cause is the reason why something happens. The effect is what happens.
Example: There was a loud boom of thunder, and my dog began to scratch at the door.
Cause: Loud boom of thunder Effect: The dog scratched at the door

Read each short scenario. Identify the cause and the effect for each.
1. In science class, Jessica mixed vinegar and baking soda together. The mixture began to fizz and
bubble over.

Cause: ____Mixing vinegar and baking soda__________________________________

Effect: ____The mixture fizzed and bubbled_______________________________

2. My friend Elizabeth was talking during the quiz in Mrs. Jefferson’s class. Mrs. Jefferson told her she
would have to stay inside during recess.

Cause: ______________Elizabeth talked during the quiz___________________________

Effect: ___________Elizabeth had to miss recess_______________________________

3. My mother made a grocery list, but she left it at home. Then, she forgot to buy the flour that we needed
to make a cake.

Cause: _________Mom left the grocery list at home________________________

Effect: __________Mom forgot the flour____________________________

4. It began to rain and storm just before our soccer game, so we had to cancel the game.

Cause: ______________It began to rain and storm___________________

Effect: ______________Soccer game was cancelled____________________________

5. When the American states were still colonies of England, the king of England began to tax everything
that the colonists shipped to England and that they tried to buy from England. The colonists decided
that they would rather be independent, and they started a war with England.

Cause: ____________King of England taxed items_________________________

Effect: _________Colonists went to war_____________________________________


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