Question: The cones of a jack pine tree require great amounts of heat to release their seeds. When are jack pine tree seeds most likely released?
Answer: after a fire
Hypothesis: a jack pine tree will disperse seeds after a wildfire
Supporting facts: sent1: burning trees is used to produce heat sent2: absorbing energy causes objects / materials / substances to heat sent3: melting something off of something else is a lind of method for removing something from something else sent4: sunlight produces heat sent5: wildfire is when a forest catches fire sent6: more burning causes fire to be hotter sent7: releasing something into the atmosphere increases the amount of that something in the atmosphere sent8: seed dispersal has a positive impact on a plant / a plant 's reproduction sent9: something will perform an action after something else causes that something to be able to perform that action sent10: the cones of a jack pine tree are serotinous cones sent11: heat means the transfer of thermal energy sent12: heat means heat energy sent13: heat energy is synonymous with thermal energy sent14: dispersing seeds is a kind of action for trees sent15: wildfire means forest fire sent16: adding heat means increasing temperature sent17: removing something that prevents something else causes that something to be able to do that something else sent18: heat is a kind of energy sent19: a forest contains many trees sent20: serotinous cones  are sealed with a resin that prevents seed dispersal sent21: resin can be melted with heat sent22: seeds may sprout when buried in soil sent23: to emit means to release sent24: if heat is added to a substance then that substance absorbs that heat sent25: fire transfers heat through waves
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] the cones of a jack pine tree are serotinous cones [AND] serotinous cones  are sealed with a resin that prevents seed dispersal [INFER] int1: the cones of a jack pine tree are sealed with a resin that prevents seed dispersal [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] resin can be melted with heat [INFER] int2: the resin on the cones of a jack pine tree that prevent seed dispersal can be melted with heat [BECAUSE] burning trees is used to produce heat [AND] a forest contains many trees [INFER] int3: burning a forest can produce great amounts of heat [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] wildfire is when a forest catches fire [INFER] int4: a wildfire produces great amounts of heat [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] int4 [INFER] int5: a wildfire can melt the resing that prevents seed dispersal off of the cones of a jack pine tree [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] melting something off of something else is a lind of method for removing something from something else [INFER] int6: a wildfire can remove the resin that prevents seed dispersal from the cones of a jack pine tree [BECAUSE] int6 [AND] removing something that prevents something else causes that something to be able to do that something else [INFER] int7: a wildfire causes jack pine tree cones to be able to disperse seeds [BECAUSE] dispersing seeds is a kind of action for trees [AND] something will perform an action after something else causes that something to be able to perform that action [INFER] int8: a tree will disperse seeds after something else causes that tree to be able to disperse seeds [BECAUSE] int7 [AND] int8 [INFER] int9: a jack pine tree will disperse seeds after a wildfire