IDENTIFYING CAUSE AND EFFECT

 Texts about science often examine the reasons (or causes) why something happens and what happens as a result (or effects), These causes and effects are usually clearly indicated by signal words such as because, because of, cause, due to, reason, result in. For example 

                Cause                                               effect

His experiments resulted in            a thick, cloudy liquid.

Sometimes the cause and effect are reversed

                Effect                                                 cause

You can´t make it at home          because the récipe is still a secret