Without the alarm, you probably would have overslept. In this scenario, the alarm had the effect<span> of you waking up at a certain time. This is what we mean by </span>cause/effect<span>. A </span>cause/effect relationship<span> is a </span>relationship<span> in which one event (the </span>cause<span>) makes another event happen (the </span>effect<span>).</span>