Worksheet

Cause and Effect in Texts

Grade 5 - Reading - Challenge Me

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  1. Read "Chess Team": During the final match, Tessa noticed that her opponent moved quickly whenever the board looked crowded. Instead of matching his pace, she paused and studied the open squares. Her patient move trapped the queen and changed the game. Which cause led to this effect: her move trapped the queen?

    • bare rock absorbed afternoon sunlight
    • community members wanted different images
    • Tessa studied the open squares
    • the scanner read shelf tags too quickly

  2. What effect resulted from this cause: community members wanted different images?

    • lettuce under the clear cover sprouted sooner
    • Rosa combined old photographs with current faces
    • the cliff path may close
    • the club proposed a chain of flower beds

  3. Which sentence best states the cause-and-effect relationship in "Weather Station"?

    • for a month, so Weather Station
    • its temperature rose quickly, so bare rock absorbed afternoon sunlight
    • bare rock absorbed afternoon sunlight, so its temperature rose quickly
    • the text gives no cause or effect

  4. Which signal word could connect the cause and effect in "Chess Team"?

    • meanwhile
    • however
    • because
    • although

  5. Which evidence proves the effect "the club proposed a chain of flower beds"?

    • placed old photographs beside current faces
    • a chain of flower beds could turn the walk into a pollinator path
    • surface type affects how fast a place warms
    • the cheapest plan was not always the most useful plan

  6. Read "Weather Station": At the mountain weather station, Lena compared morning and afternoon readings for a month. Afternoon temperatures rose quickly on bare rock, but shaded soil changed more slowly. Her report argued that surface type affects how fast a place warms. Which cause led to this effect: its temperature rose quickly?

    • bare rock absorbed afternoon sunlight
    • there were few safe nectar stops along the sidewalk
    • the scanner read shelf tags too quickly
    • strong winds can hit the cliff path

  7. What effect resulted from this cause: bare rock absorbed afternoon sunlight?

    • biographies were placed with fiction
    • its temperature rose quickly
    • her move trapped the queen
    • the cliff path may close

  8. Which sentence best states the cause-and-effect relationship in "River Bridge"?

    • the old footbridge closed, so neighbors debated repair plans
    • Malik interviewed neighbors, so River Bridge
    • neighbors debated repair plans, so the old footbridge closed
    • the text gives no cause or effect

  9. Which signal word could connect the cause and effect in "Pollinator Path"?

    • however
    • meanwhile
    • although
    • because

  10. Which evidence proves the effect "its temperature rose quickly"?

    • choose the route that matched the day's conditions
    • surface type affects how fast a place warms
    • placed old photographs beside current faces
    • the cheapest plan was not always the most useful plan
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