Identifying Cause and Effect Relationships

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What is a Cause?

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A Cause is an event or action that makes something happen.

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What is an Effect?

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An Effect is what happens as a result of a Cause.

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Identify the Cause: "It started to rain, so we pulled out an umbrella."

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Cause: It started to rain.

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Identify the Effect: "The phone rang. Jane answered it."

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Effect: Jane answered it.

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Identify the Cause: "Baby Lisa began to cry, mom gave her a bottle."

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Cause: Baby Lisa began to cry.

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Identify the Effect: "She studied hard for the exam, and she passed easily."

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Effect: She passed easily.

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Identify the Cause: "The flowers began to grow because John watered the seeds."

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Cause: John watered the seeds.

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What is an example of a Cause and Effect relationship?

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If it is sunny (Cause), then we go to the park (Effect).

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What happens if you don't water a plant?

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The plant will wilt (Effect) because it didn't get water (Cause).

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What is a simple Cause and Effect sentence?

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If I eat too much candy (Cause), I will get a stomach ache (Effect).