A MOUNTAIN BLOWS ITS TOP

CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS

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THIS TEXT DESCRIBES MANY CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS

• READERS CAN IDENTIFY CAUSE BY ASKING, “WHAT HAPPENED?”

• READERS CAN IDENTIFY EFFECT BY ASKING, “WHY DID IT HAPPEN?”

“A MOUNTAIN BLOWS ITS TOP!” • THIS ARTICLE TELLS

ABOUT THE DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS IN 1980

• IT ALSO TELLS HOW NATURE BEGAN TO REPAIR THAT DAMAGE

• AS WE READ, THINK ABOUT THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

• WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS?

• HOW DID NATURE REPAIR SOME OF THE DAMAGE ON THE MOUNTAIN?

“A MOUNTAIN BLOWS ITS TOP!”

• CIRCLE THE CAUSES OF THE DAMAGE ON MOUNT ST. HELENS

• UNDERLINE THE EFFECTS OF THE EXPLOSION

• SIGNAL WORDS CAN INDICATE A CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIP-

• THEN,• BECAUSE OF,• CAUSED,• AS A RESULT OF,

“A MOUNTAIN BLOWS ITS TOP!”

•NUMBER EACH PARAGRAPH 1-4

PARAGRAPH 1

• WHAT HAPPENED ON MAY 18, 1980?

PARAGRAPH 2

• WHAT DID SEEING SMOKE FROM THE MOUNTAIN CAUSE PEOPLE TO DO?

• WHAT SIGNAL WORDS INDICATE THAT SEEING SMOKE AND CLOSING THE ROADS HAVE A CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIP?

• WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION?

PARAGRAPH 3• WHAT DAMAGE DID THE MELTED SNOW CAUSE?

• WHAT WORD WAS A CLUE THAT THERE IS A CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MELTED SNOW AND THE FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES?

• WHAT DID THE HEAT CAUSE?

• WHAT BLOCKED THE SUNLIGHT, KILLED CROPS, AND TURNED THE MOUNTAIN GRAY?

PARAGRAPH 4

• HOW DID GOPHERS BRING FRESH SOIL TO THE SURFACE?• WHAT CAUSED PLANTS TO GROW IN THIS SOIL?

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING• COMPLETE THE CAUSE AND EFFECT

ORGANIZER• COMPLETE COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS