Match causes and effects in informational texts
Understanding cause and effect relationships can help you see how events or ideas in a text are connected to one another. Writers use signal words and phrases, like because, as a result of, led to and consequently, to connect causes with their effects.
The Norman victory at the Battle of Hastings led to many changes in the grammar and vocabulary of the English language.
Cause: The Normans won the Battle of Hastings.
Effect: The grammar and vocabulary of the English language changed.
In many industrial metropolitan areas, it is common to find cases of asthma, bronchitis and emphysema resulting from long-term exposure to air pollution.
Cause: Long-term exposure to air pollution often occurs in industrial areas.
Effect: It is common to see cases of asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema in these areas.out. This slowly changes the nectar into honey.
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Read the text.
Since 2013, the population of starfish along North America’s Pacific Coast has been dramatically reduced. Microbiologist Ian Hewson believes a type of virus known as Sea Star Association Densovirus (SSaDV) is responsible. Due to the disease, starfish eventually decompose into a white sludge. Surprisingly, though, hundreds of starfish babies appeared in the spring of 2016 along the coast of the US state of Oregon. Researchers think that the massive reduction in adult starfish has contributed to the baby boom. Fewer hungry adult starfish means more food for hungry babies. In turn, more food has led to a greater survival rate for the youngsters.
Match causes with their effects.
| More food is available. | Starfish are getting SSaDV. |
| Cause | Effect |
| Starfish are disintegrating into white goo. | |
| More starfish babies are surviving. |
Look at the cause-and-effect words in the passage.
Since 2013, the population of starfish along North America’s Pacific Coast has been dramatically reduced. Microbiologist Ian Hewson believes a type of virus known as Sea Star Association Densovirus (SSaDV) is responsible. Due to the disease, starfish eventually decompose into a white sludge. Surprisingly, though, hundreds of starfish babies appeared in the spring of 2016 along the coast of the US state of Oregon. Researchers think that the massive reduction in adult starfish has contributed to the baby boom. Fewer hungry adult starfish means more food for hungry babies. In turn, more food has led to a greater survival rate for the youngsters.
These words help show how different causes and effects are connected in the text.
| Cause | Effect |
| Starfish are getting SSaDV. | Starfish are disintegrating into white goo. |
| More food is available. | More starfish babies are surviving. |
Read the text.
In curling, players use brooms to manoeuvre a giant stone to the centre of a bull’s-eye. Historically, the brooms were made from natural fibres, but that has changed in recent years. A broom made with artificial materials, dubbed the ‘Frankenbroom’, gave players more control over the stoneātoo much control, according to fifty of the top curling teams. As a result of the controversy, Frankenbrooms were banned in 2015. However, other brooms have also raised concerns. For this reason, Canada’s World Curling Federation (WCF) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) joined forces to measure how different brooms affect the stone and the ice.
Match causes with their effects.
| Other brooms were questioned | Frankenbrooms caused controversy. |
| Cause | Effect |
| Officials banned the brooms. | |
| The WCF and NRC tested the brooms. |
Look at the cause-and-effect words in the passage.
In curling, players use brooms to manoeuvre a giant stone to the centre of a bull’s-eye. Historically, the brooms were made from natural fibres, but that has changed in recent years. A broom made with artificial materials, dubbed the ‘Frankenbroom’, gave players more control over the stoneātoo much control, according to fifty of the top curling teams. As a result of the controversy, Frankenbrooms were banned in 2015. However, other brooms have also raised concerns. For this reason, Canada’s World Curling Federation (WCF) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) joined forces to measure how different brooms affect the stone and the ice.
These words help show how different causes and effects are connected in the text.
| Cause | Effect |
| Frankenbrooms caused controversy | Officials banned the brooms. |
| Other brooms were questioned. | The WCF and NRC tested the brooms. |
Read the text.
Since 2013, the population of starfish along North America’s Pacific Coast has been dramatically reduced. Microbiologist Ian Hewson believes a type of virus known as Sea Star Association Densovirus (SSaDV) is responsible. Due to the disease, starfish eventually decompose into a white sludge. Surprisingly, though, hundreds of starfish babies appeared in the spring of 2016 along the coast of the US state of Oregon. Researchers think that the massive reduction in adult starfish has contributed to the baby boom. Fewer hungry adult starfish means more food for hungry babies. In turn, more food has led to a greater survival rate for the youngsters.
Match causes with their effects.
| More starfish babies are surviving. | Starfish are disintegrating into white goo. |
| Cause | Effect |
| Starfish are getting SSaDV. | |
| More food is available. |
Look at the cause-and-effect words in the passage.
Since 2013, the population of starfish along North America’s Pacific Coast has been dramatically reduced. Microbiologist Ian Hewson believes a type of virus known as Sea Star Association Densovirus (SSaDV) is responsible. Due to the disease, starfish eventually decompose into a white sludge. Surprisingly, though, hundreds of starfish babies appeared in the spring of 2016 along the coast of the US state of Oregon. Researchers think that the massive reduction in adult starfish has contributed to the baby boom. Fewer hungry adult starfish means more food for hungry babies. In turn, more food has led to a greater survival rate for the youngsters.
These words help show how different causes and effects are connected in the text.
| Cause | Effect |
| Starfish are getting SSaDV. | Starfish are disintegrating into white goo. |
| More food is available. | More starfish babies are surviving. |
