Cause and Effect Grade 4 Reading Worksheet - Rock Cycle - Questions

Oct 12, 2026

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Grade 4 reading worksheet focused on cause and effect, using the rock cycle as the core reading passage. Students read definitions of cause and effect, then follow a short explanation of how pressure creates heat, magma forms and moves through Earth’s crust, and rocks transform through weathering and erosion. The sheet includes six cause-based questions with answer choices for the first four items and response lines for items five and six, followed by an answer key.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

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Pages3

Reading Time8 min

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Cause and Effect Definitions

Rock Cycle Reading Passage

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Question 6

Answers

Cause and effect Grade 4 Reading Worksheet | The cause is why something happened.
For example:
There was a lot of wind last night. | The effect is what happened.
For example:
A tree fell down on our street. | | --- | --- | Read about the rock cycle, and think about cause and effect: The Rock Cycle Rock may seem to last forever, but it is actually always changing. It is always in one of the stages of the rock cycle. The series of events in the rock cycle takes thousands of years, but the cycle is always in motion. The pressure inside the Earth produces enough heat to melt rock. This melted rock, or magma, seeps up into the Earth's crust of the Earth or erupts from volcanoes. In the Earth’s crust and around the volcanoes, the magma cools into solid rock. This kind of rock is called igneous rock. Over time, igneous rock breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces. This process, called weathering, produces soil or sediment. Water and wind carry these bits of sediment into layers called sediment beds. This movement of sediment is called erosion. As the sediment is pressed down by more and more sediment on top, the lower levels turn into sedimentary rock. As more and more layers of sedimentary rock are formed, the layers on the bottom are pushed down deeper into the Earth. They grow hot from the pressure. Finally, the rock may melt into magma and the cycle is complete—and ready to begin again. Then answer the following questions: 1. Cause: The pressure deep inside the earth causes extreme heat. What is the effect? a. Magma is formed. b. Igneous rock is formed. c. Sedimentary rock is formed. 2. Cause: Magma erupts from a volcano and cools. What is the effect? a. Magma is formed. b. Igneous rock is formed. c. Soil is formed. 3. Cause: Igneous rock breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces. What is the effect? a. Igneous rock is formed. b. Soil is formed. c. Sedimentary rock is formed. 4. Cause: Wind and water carry soil into sediment beds. What is the effect? a. Igneous rock is formed. b. Soil is formed. c. Sedimentary rock is formed. 5. Cause: Weathering occurs. What is the effect? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Cause: Erosion occurs. What is the effect? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Answers 1. Cause: The pressure deep inside the earth causes extreme heat. What is the effect? a. Magma is formed. b. Igneous rock is formed. c. Sedimentary rock is formed. 2. Cause: Magma erupts from a volcano and cools. What is the effect? a. Magma is formed. b. Igneous rock is formed. c. Soil is formed. 3. Cause: Igneous rock breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces. What is the effect? a. Igneous rock is formed. b. Soil is formed. c. Sedimentary rock is formed. 4. Cause: Wind and water carry soil into sediment beds. What is the effect? a. Igneous rock is formed. b. Soil is formed. c. Sedimentary rock is formed. 5. Cause: Weathering occurs. What is the effect? Soil or sediment is formed. 6. Cause: Erosion occurs. What is the effect? Sediment beds are formed.

FAQs

What is the difference between a cause and an effect?

The cause is why something happened, and the effect is what happened as a result.

In the rock cycle, what is the effect of extreme heat caused by deep pressure?

Magma is formed.

What are the effects of weathering and erosion in this worksheet?

Weathering produces soil or sediment, and erosion forms sediment beds.

Oct 12, 2026

Uploaded by Kurz