Thinking in Causation

Level 4

Cause, Mechanism and Effect

 

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Cause and effect relationships may be used to predict phenomena in natural or designed systems.

TERMS

  • Cause - a thing that gives rise to an event

  • Effect - an event

  • Mechanism - the process underlying a phenomenon

  • System - a set of components (e.g. things) working together

STANDARDS

MS-ESS3-1 / MS-ESS3-4 / MS-PS1-4 / MS-PS2-3 / MS-PS2-5 / MS-LS2-1 / MS-LS1-8 / MS-LS3-2 / MS-ESS2-5 / HS-PS2-3 / HS-PS4-5