Question

2 Points

Which situation is the clearest example of cause and effect in "The City
Without Us"?
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A. Some time in the next 100,000 years, glaciers will cover all of
Manhattan
O
B. Without daily pumping, Manhattan's subway tunnels would be
flooded
C. Central Park has a garden that houses plants mentioned in
Shakespeare's plays.
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D. The hemlock trees in the New York Botanical Garden have mostly
died.

Answer 1

B. Without daily pumping, Manhattan's subway tunnels would be

flooded

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

B. Without daily pumping, Manhattan's subway tunnels would be flooded

Step-by-step explanation:

Cause and effect is a relationship between two or more events in which one or more events are the result of some other event. This can also be called action and reaction.

In this example the cause or action is lack of daily pumping, while effect/result/reaction of this event is flooding of Manhattan's subway tunnels.

Option A is not cause and effect because we are not told what will be the cause of glaciers covering all of Manhattan.

Option C is nor correct because there is no cause mentioned, and not even any result. It only has some information.

Option D is also incorrect because although we know a result (dying of hemlock trees), we don't know its cause.