Question: Weather patterns sometimes result in drought. Which activity would be most negatively affected during a drought year?
Answer: farming
Hypothesis: droughts have a negative impact on farming
Supporting facts: sent1: a required resource being low in availability has a negative impact on the something that requires that resource sent2: as the level of water rises , the amount of available land will decrease sent3: as available water in an environment decreases , the amount of available food in that environment will decrease sent4: a decrease in soil fertility has a negative impact on environment sent5: irrigation causes water levels to decrease sent6: precipitation is a source of water in an environment sent7: rainfall means the amount of precipitation sent8: overgrazing increases soil erosion sent9: plants require water for survival / to grow sent10: humans changing ecosystems / environments usually has a negative impact on an ecosystem / organisms living in an ecosystem sent11: a drought is a kind of slow environmental change sent12: crops are a kind of edible plant for eating sent13: farming is when a human plants crops for food sent14: drought is when amount of precipitation decreases sent15: if something has a negative impact on something else then increasing the amount of that something has a negative impact on that something else sent16: as available water decreases , the population of plants will decrease sent17: as a population of organisms increases , the resources used by those organisms will decrease sent18: decreasing something that is required for a process has a negative impact on that process sent19: a farm is a kind of environment sent20: humans often plant a large amount of crops at once sent21: rainfall means precipitation sent22: crops growing well has a positive impact on a farmer 's livelihood sent23: farming happens on a farm sent24: farming is a kind of process sent25: precipitation is when water falls from the sky
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] farming is when a human plants crops for food [AND] humans often plant a large amount of crops at once [INFER] int1: farming is when a human plants a large amount of crops [BECAUSE] crops are a kind of edible plant for eating [AND] plants require water for survival / to grow [INFER] int2: crops require water to grow [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] int2 [INFER] int3: farming requires a large amount of water [BECAUSE] a farm is a kind of environment [AND] farming happens on a farm [INFER] int4: farming happens in an environment [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] int4 [INFER] int5: farming requires an environment with a large amount of water [BECAUSE] decreasing something that is required for a process has a negative impact on that process [AND] farming is a kind of process [INFER] int6: decreasing something that is required for farming has a negative impact on farming [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] int6 [INFER] int7: decreasing the available water in an environment has a negative impact on farming in that environment [BECAUSE] drought is when amount of precipitation decreases [AND] precipitation is a source of water in an environment [INFER] int8: drought is when available water decreases in an environment [BECAUSE] int7 [AND] int8 [INFER] int9: droughts have a negative impact on farming