Cause and Effect

Is the underlined portion of the sentence a cause or an effect?

My feet grew over the summer, so I needed new shoes.

• Cause

• Effect

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Mom cooked dinner because we were all hungry.

• Cause

• Effect

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Bailey could not find her slipper because her new puppy buried it in the yard.

• Cause

• Effect

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The cookies were burnt because Sofia forgot to take them out of the oven.

• Cause

• Effect

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Logan hurt his leg, so he was unable to play in the baseball game.

• Cause

• Effect

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She got a low score on her paper because she did not study.

• Cause

• Effect

Cause: Seeds are planted in the garden. What is the effect?

• It is summer.

• New plants will grow in the garden.

• It will rain.

• I will plan the seeds.

Effect: I bought Sam a gift. What is the cause?

• Sam said thank you.

• I told Sam hello.

• Sam has many toys.

• Sam invited me to his birthday party.

Cause: It was very hot today. What is the effect?

• I ate a popcicle.

• Sam invited me to a birthday party.

• It is summer.

• I put on a sweater.

It was autumn and all of the trees in the yard were losing their leaves. Dad raked all of the leaves into a giant pile. While he was inside eating lunch, Katie jumped into the pile and scattered the leaves everywhere. When dad came back outside, he handed the rake to Katie.

What caused the leaves to scatter everywhere?

• A strong wind came and blew them around the yard.

• Autumn made the leaves fall.

• Katie had to help rake the leaves.

• Katie jumped into the pile of leaves.