The Great Auk: An Extinct Species
The Great Auk: An Extinct Species
The Great Auk: An Extinct Species
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Reading For Understanding<br />
Cause and Effect<br />
One thing happens that then causes something else to occur. This is what “cause and<br />
effect means.” For example, if tripping over a branch is the cause, the effect is falling<br />
down. Below are some cause and effect statements based on the passage on the great<br />
auk. Complete the statement that is missing from each pair.<br />
Cause Effect<br />
there was a lack of fresh meat on early<br />
sailing ships<br />
sailors discovered the birds couldn’t fly<br />
auk feathers made good hat decorations<br />
the auk was declared a threatened<br />
species<br />
numbers of great auk began to decline<br />
population on an island off Iceland<br />
destroyed<br />
© Prepared by Jim Cornish, Gander, Newfoundland, 2003. -8-
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