Everyday Causes
When you flip a switch, the light turns on.
Flipping the switch causes the light to turn on.
The sun evaporates water into the air, forming clouds
Mixing vinegar and baking soda makes bubbles.
Vinegar and baking soda react to cause bubbles.
The Boston Tea Party led to increased tensions between Britain and the colonies.
The Boston Tea Party causes increased tensions
Reading often helps you write better.
Reading regularly causes improvement in writing.
Pushing the ball makes it roll across the floor.
Pushing causes the ball to roll.
Wind blows sand to form sand dunes over time.
Wind causes sand to form dunes.
Heating water on the stove makes it boil.
Heat causes water to boil.
Invention of the printing press spread ideas quickly in Europe.
The printing press causes ideas to spread.
Practice makes perfect is a common theme in many fables.
Determination and repetition causes success in fables'
When it rains, the grass gets wet.
Heavy rain causes rivers to overflow.
Heavy rain causes flooding.
Putting a plant in the dark slows its growth.
Lack of light causes slowed plant growth.
The Declaration of Independence led to the American Revolution.
The Declaration of Independence causes the American Revolution.
Curiosity can lead characters to discover new places, like Alice in Wonderland.
Curiosity causes discovery in literature.
Earthquakes shake the ground, causing buildings to fall.
Earthquakes cause buildings to fall.
Adding salt to ice lowers its melting temperature.
Salt causes ice to melt at a lower temperature.
The Civil Rights Movement led to changes in laws across the US.
The Civil Rights Movement causes changes in laws.
The tortoise's perseverance leads to victory over the hare.
Perseverance causes victory in The tortoise and the Hare.
When you practice an instrument daily, you become better at playing it.
Volcano eruptions create a new islands.
Volcano eruptions cause new islands to form.
Plants release oxygen as a result of photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis causes the release of oxygen.
The fall of the Berlin Wall led to reunification of Germany.
The fall of the Berlin Wall causes German reunification.
Hardship and struggle shapes characters in many novels such as The Grapes of Wrath.
Hardship causes character development in novels.