Reading Q4 Cause & Effect

Earl Bakken was intrigued with the movie Frankenstein due to the use of harnessed lightning.

What was the effect?

• Previously, Bakken enjoyed adventure movies.

• Later, he later invented the wearable pacemaker.

• Some people call Frankenstein the first sci-fi movie.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

French novelist Jules Verne inspired inventors with his futuristic contraption, the submersible vessel, ........

What is the effect?

• Simon Lake read Verne's book.

• Simon Lake was fascinated with underwater travel.

• which resulted in inventor Simon Lake's company launching the first successful oceanic submarine.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Robert Hutchings Goddard invented a liquid-fueled rocket that made space exploration possible.

What was the cause?

• Since he read the novel The War of the Worlds, he thought how travel to Mars would be possible.

• Goddard enjoyed reading science fiction.

• Goddard invented the rocket when he was 17 years old.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Because computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee read Dial F for Frankenstein, he later created the World Wide Web. This is an example of.....

• cause to effect

• cause only

• effect to cause

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Martin Cooper invented the cell phone after being inspired by the wireless communicators used in the 1960's TV series Star Trek.

This is an example of.....

• effect only

• Cause to Effect

• Effect to Cause

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

What words are examples of signal words for cause?

• because

  since

• result

  therefore

• discussion

  consider

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

What words are examples of signal words for effect?

• consider

  discussion

• because

  since

• as a result

  therefore

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The cause is an event that happened first.

True or False?

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

The effect is something that happens as a result of an event.

True or False?

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Many scientists believe that the extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by a large meteorite hitting the Earth millions of years ago.

What is the cause?

• meteorite hitting the Earth

• extinction of the dinosaurs

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3