Identify Cause or Effect 2nd Grade

What is a CAUSE?

• A cause is an event that makes something happen

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What is an EFFECT?

• Something made IT happen

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I pushed the dominoes, so... (what is the effect?)

• So, I ate a big breakfast.

• So, I fell down.

• So, they fell down.

• So, I woke up late.

The dominoes fell because ... (What is the cause?)

• because I was very hungry.

• because my alarm did not go off.

• because I pushed them.

• because I spilled the pepper.

He ate a big breakfast because ... (what is the cause?)

• because he was very hungry.

• because his alarm did not go off.

• because it is raining.

• because he spilled the pepper.

He woke up late, so ... (what is the effect?)

• so he ate a big breakfast.

• so he missed the bus

• so he used his umbrella.

• so he earned extra money.

She spilled the pepper, so ... (What is the effect?)

• so she ate a big breakfast.

• so she used her umbrella.

• so she missed the bus.

• so she sneezed.

Bees gather pollen because ... (What is the cause?)

• because they are bored.

• because they need food.

• because it is raining.

• because they have a test.

Seeds grow because ... (Choose all the causes.)

• because they are in soil.

• because they get water.

• because they get sunshine.

• because they are cooked.

It is raining so ... (Choose all the effects.)

• so she sneezed.

• so the street got wet.

• so a the plants got water.

• so I used my umbrella.