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4.40 CauseEffect in Informational Texts Worksheet

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This Grade 4 English worksheet provides structured practice on 4.40 CauseEffect in Informational Texts. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Cause/Effect in Informational Texts - Identify and explain cause/effect relationships and the signal words that reveal them. (CCSS RI.4.3; TEKS §110.6 4.7(B); FL B.E.S.T. ELA.4.R.2.1; VA SOL 4.6d)

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English

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

A farmer noticed fewer bees in one field. After checking, she found the field had fewer wildflowers along the edges. Since wildflowers provide nectar, fewer flowers meant less food for bees. The farmer planted a strip of flowers, and bee visits increased later in the season.

What was the cause of fewer bees visiting the field at first?

AThe field edges grew more wildflowers

BBees stopped needing nectar

CThe farmer planted more flowers first

DThere were fewer wildflowers providing nectar for bees

Solution & Explanation:Since gives the reason: wildflowers provide nectar, so fewer flowers causes less food and fewer bee visits (effect).

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

An engineering article described why bridges have expansion joints. Metal and concrete expand in heat and contract in cold. If a bridge had no joints, the changing size could cause cracks. As a result, joints help bridges last longer by letting parts move slightly.

Which effect of expansion joints is explained in the passage?

AThey help bridges last longer by preventing cracks from temperature changes

BThey make bridges change size more than ever

CThey stop metal and concrete from expanding

DThey make bridges shorter every summer

Solution & Explanation:Changing temperature causes materials to expand/contract. As a result, joints allow movement and prevent cracking, which helps the bridge last longer.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

A text about rivers described deltas. As a river slows near the ocean, it drops sand and mud it was carrying. Over time, these deposits build new land. Because the land is flat and wet, many birds use deltas as resting places during migration.

What is the cause of new land building at a river delta?

AMud turns into clouds

BBirds carry sand to the ocean

CThe ocean pushes the river faster

DThe river slows near the ocean and drops sand and mud

Solution & Explanation:The passage uses "As" to show the condition. Slowing water causes it to drop deposits, which build land over time.

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QWhat grade level and standards does this worksheet align with?

This worksheet is designed specifically for Grade 4 English students. It aligns with educational standard ELA.4.40 (Grade 4 reading informational text practice focused on cause effect in informational texts.).