Question: Some nonnative plants can adapt to their environments more quickly than some native plants or crops can. Which adaptation would least likely help a nonnative plant to survive in a new environment?
Answer: having leaves that form at a slow rate
Hypothesis: slow leaf growth has a negative impact on a plant's survival
Supporting facts: sent1: growing means a plant 's height / mass / size increase sent2: fast is the opposite of slow sent3: a leaf is a part of a plant used for absorbing sunlight to perform photosynthesis sent4: as the size of a leaf increases , the amount of sunlight absorbed by that leaf will increase sent5: if something increases something else then that something has a positive impact on that something else sent6: growth occurs at a rate ranging from slow to fast sent7: adaptation has a positive impact on the population / the survival / the reproduction of a species / of individual organisms sent8: a new plant undergoes early development sent9: to be formed by is similar to being produced by sent10: a plant requires a specific climate to grow and survive sent11: when a plant grows , the roots of that plant may become longer sent12: as flatness of a leaf increases , the amount of sunlight that leaf can absorb will increase sent13: the increase of something required by an organism has a positive impact on that organism 's survival sent14: adaptations are used for survival sent15: planting native plants has a positive impact on an ecosystem sent16: is something has a positive impact on something else, then the opposite of that something will have a negative impact on that something else sent17: adaptation is when an organism develops a trait over time for survival sent18: a plant requires sunlight to grow sent19: when a plant grows , the size of the leaves of that plant may increase sent20: a plant / living thing requires nutrients to grow sent21: a plant requires sunlight for photosynthesis sent22: a plant requires soil for survival / to grow sent23: a plant requires photosynthesis to survive sent24: a native / indigenous plant lives in a place because of nature, not human change sent25: faster means an increase in speed
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] as the size of a leaf increases , the amount of sunlight absorbed by that leaf will increase [AND] if something increases something else then that something has a positive impact on that something else [INFER] int1: increasing the size of a leaf has a positive impact on that leaf's ability to absorb sunlight [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] a leaf is a part of a plant used for absorbing sunlight to perform photosynthesis [INFER] int2: increasing the size of a plant' leaves has a positive impact on a plant's ability to perform photosynthesis [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] a plant requires photosynthesis to survive [INFER] int3: increasing the size of a plant's leaves have a positive impact on that plant's survival [BECAUSE] faster means an increase in speed [AND] growth occurs at a rate ranging from slow to fast [INFER] int4: fast growth increases the speed of growth [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] when a plant grows , the size of the leaves of that plant may increase [INFER] int5: fast growth causes the leaves of a plant to increase in size more quickly [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] int5 [INFER] int6: fast leaf growth has a positive impact on a plant's survival [BECAUSE] is something has a positive impact on something else, then the opposite of that something will have a negative impact on that something else [AND] fast is the opposite of slow [INFER] int7: if being fast has a positive impact on something, then being slow will have a negative impact on that something [BECAUSE] int6 [AND] int7 [INFER] int8: slow leaf growth has a negative impact on a plant's survival