A river flooded a town every spring. What is one effect of this on the community?

A town built a new library right next to its school. What is one likely effect?

A community planted trees along its streets. What is one likely effect?

A photograph of a town from 1900 shows no paved roads. What can we conclude about travel then?

A biography is an example of a secondary source. True or False?

A drought caused little rain for many months in a farming community. What is one effect?

A community leader looked at evidence from two sources before making a claim. What does evidence help a leader do?

A new road was built connecting a rural town to a city. What is one likely effect on the rural town?

A student finds an old photograph of her town taken in 1920. This photograph is a primary source. True or False?

A factory closed in a town and many workers lost their jobs. What is one effect on the community?

Heavy snow blocked the only road into Pine Hollow for a week. What was one effect?

Willow Creek held a parade in May. In June a storm knocked down power lines and the lights went out. What caused the lights to go out?

A new bus line began running from Redfield to the hospital. What was one effect for Redfield families?

A cause is the reason why something happens.

Fish vanished from Stone Harbor's bay after a factory poured waste into the water. What caused the fish to vanish?

An event that happens first is always the cause of the event that comes after it.

Cedar Falls painted its town hall in March. In April a sawmill opened and hired hundreds of workers. What was the effect of the sawmill opening?

Maple Bend canceled its summer festival. Rain had fallen for six days and the fairgrounds flooded. What caused the cancellation?

Blue Hill built a dam that stored water from spring rains. What was one effect during dry summers?

Sandy Point placed trash cans along its beach, and litter on the sand dropped by half. What caused the drop in litter?

Fox Glen's only grocery store closed last fall. What was one effect on people who live there?

Ash Creek's wells ran dry at the end of last summer. What most likely caused the wells to run dry?

In a cause-and-effect story, what does the effect tell us?

A flood washed out the bridge at Grand Bend. What was one effect for children who live across the river?

Silver Lake's outdoor ice rink melted early in January. What most likely caused the ice to melt?

An effect can only ever have one cause.

Workers deepened the harbor at Gull Point so large cargo ships could dock there. What was one effect?

Otter Bay opened a new school two years ago. Last fall a hurricane tore roofs off houses. What caused the roof damage?

Rocky Ford opened a farmers market in the town square each Saturday. What was one effect for nearby farmers?

Many families moved to Juniper Town after a new hospital opened there. Why did most of the families likely move?

The cause always happens after the effect.

Elm Ridge planted rows of trees along the edges of its fields. What was one effect during windy weeks?

Bell Harbor painted its lighthouse in spring. In the fall a fire burned the fish market and it closed. What caused the market to close?

The copper mine that hired most of Copper Hollow's workers closed. What was one effect on the town?

The number of visitors at Sunny Vale's library doubled last year. What most likely caused the rise in visitors?

One cause can have more than one effect.

Tall Pines built a skate park last year. This spring beavers dammed the creek and a meadow filled with water. What was the effect of the beaver dam?

Fewer deer were seen in Hollow Ridge after builders put up many new houses. What most likely caused this?

A rooster in Duck Hollow crows every morning just before the sun comes up. What does this show?

A snowstorm dropped two feet of snow on Frost Valley overnight. What was one effect the next morning?