Question: Which of these processes involves the transfer of a large amount of thermal energy?
Answer: subduction
Hypothesis: subduction may involve a transfer of a large amount of thermal energy
Supporting facts: sent1: thermal conduction is when heat flows from warmer object to cooler object sent2: a lot means large in amount / quantity sent3: due to means caused by sent4: subduction process involves a large amount of thermal energy sent5: flowing is a kind of movement for energy sent6: transferring is similar to giving sent7: tectonic plates collide at convergent boundaries sent8: heat means heat energy sent9: adding heat means increasing temperature sent10: transferring is similar to adding sent11: the subduction of tectonic plates is found at the convergent boundaries / the converging boundaries sent12: magma is extremely high in temperature sent13: increasing heat causes thermal expansion sent14: heat is a kind of thermal energy sent15: heat energy is synonymous with thermal energy sent16: tectonic plates are made of particles sent17: subduction is when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate sent18: thermal conduction is when materials conduct heat through those materials through collision of particles sent19: to move something can mean to transfer something sent20: thermal expansion is a property of matter and includes ordered values of high / low sent21: heat means the transfer of thermal energy sent22: temperature / heat energy is a property of objects / weather and includes ordered values of cold / cool / warm / hot sent23: if something releases something else then that something is the source of that something else sent24: heat is a kind of energy sent25: energy transformation means one kind of energy changes into another kind of energy
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] to move something can mean to transfer something [AND] flowing is a kind of movement for energy [INFER] int1: flowing can be a kind of transfer of energy [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] heat is a kind of energy [INFER] int2: flowing can be a kind of transfer of heat [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] thermal conduction is when heat flows from warmer object to cooler object [INFER] int3: thermal conduction is when heat is transferred from a wamer object to a cooler object [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] heat is a kind of thermal energy [INFER] int4: thermal conduction is when thermal energy is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object [BECAUSE] tectonic plates are made of particles [AND] thermal conduction is when materials conduct heat through those materials through collision of particles [INFER] int5: thermal conduction will occur when tectonic plates conduct heat through collision [BECAUSE] the subduction of tectonic plates is found at the convergent boundaries / the converging boundaries [AND] tectonic plates collide at convergent boundaries [INFER] int6: subduction of tectonic plates is found where tectonic plates collide [BECAUSE] int6 [AND] subduction is when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate [INFER] int7: subduction is when one tectonic plate collides with another tectonic plate [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] int7 [INFER] int8: subduction may cause thermal conduction [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] int8 [INFER] int9: subduction may cause a transfer of thermal energy [BECAUSE] int9 [AND] subduction process involves a large amount of thermal energy [INFER] int10: subduction may involve a transfer of a large amount of thermal energy