Here’s the solution to the
Cause and Effect worksheet with explanations for each question:
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1. Cause: Today is Shannan’s birthday.
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Correct Answer: C — She got birthday cake.
✔ Explanation:
A birthday typically leads to celebrations, including cake. This is a logical and direct effect of it being someone’s birthday. The other options (scraped leg, no presents, got into trouble) are not naturally caused by a birthday.
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2. All of the cows ran out of the pen! What was the cause?
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Correct Answer: A — The gate was open.
✔ Explanation:
Cows escaping from a pen most logically happens if the gate was left open. The other options (dish falling, truck speeding, farmer milking) don’t directly explain why cows would run *out of the pen*.
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3. The little boy played hard all day without a nap. Choose a possible effect.
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Correct Answer: A — The little boy stayed up until midnight.
✔ Explanation:
Playing hard without a nap often leads to being overtired but wired — staying up late is a common effect in children. Option B (“not tired at all”) contradicts the premise. Option C (“went to bed early”) is unlikely after playing hard without rest. Option D (“had extra energy”) might be true during play, but not a typical *effect* afterward — usually, they crash or stay up too long.
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4. Gideon practiced kicking the ball, so he made the soccer team this year. Is the red part (“he made the soccer team this year”) the cause or the effect?
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Correct Answer: B — Effect
✔ Explanation:
The sentence structure “Gideon practiced...
so he made the team” shows that practicing (cause) led to making the team (effect). “So” indicates result → effect.
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5. Ms. Cloos started to talk, so the students stopped and paid attention. Is the red part (“Ms. Cloos started to talk”) the cause or the effect?
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Correct Answer: A — Cause
✔ Explanation:
Again, “so” links cause and effect. Ms. Cloos talking (cause) caused students to stop and pay attention (effect). So the red part is the
cause.
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6. Jacob went to the school nurse. Choose a possible cause.
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Correct Answer: C — Jacob fell and scraped his knee at the bus stop
✔ Explanation:
Going to the school nurse is usually due to an injury or illness. Falling and scraping a knee is a direct, logical reason to visit the nurse. Other options (walking with Mary, wanting to join basketball, feeling fine) don’t justify going to the nurse.
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✔ Final Answers Summary:
| Question | Correct Answer |
|----------|----------------|
| 1 | C |
| 2 | A |
| 3 | A |
| 4 | B |
| 5 | A |
| 6 | C |
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Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of cause and effect worksheet for 5th grade.
