Forgot to set the alarm clock caused waking up late. Rain caused getting wet. Popped balloons were the effect, and something must have been the cause that made them pop. The document discusses cause and effect relationships, providing examples of causes leading to effects, and effects that must have underlying causes. It encourages thinking about events and outcomes in terms of the causes that lead to certain effects.

1. CAUSE AND
EFFECT
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2. Cause

3. Effect

4. Cause
Forgot to
set the
alarm clock.

5. Effect
Woke up
Late!

6. Cause …
Something (like the rain)
that causes something
else to Happen …

7. - like getting wet.

8. Effect …
What
happens
(like getting
wet)
as a
result of
acause
…

9. … like the rain.

10. Let’s turn
it around
now.

11. Effect
What
caused this
to happen?

12. Cause

13. Effect
What caused the balloons to pop?
My balloons have been popped!

14. Cause