Question: Decayed prehistoric plants have helped in the formation of
Answer: coal, oil, and gas.
Hypothesis: prehistoric decaying plants help in the formation of coal and oil and gas
Supporting facts: sent1: natural gas is a kind of gas sent2: if something is required for a process then that something helps in that process sent3: forming fossil fuels requires deposition and burial of decaying vegetation sent4: coal is a kind of fossil fuel sent5: dead plants means dead plant material sent6: dead organisms are the source of nutrients for decomposers sent7: if fossils of an animal or plant are found in a place then that animal or plant used to live in that place sent8: decomposition is when a decomposer recycles / returns nutrients / nitrogen from dead organisms to the soil by eating those dead organisms sent9: plants are a kind of vegetation sent10: a worm is a kind of decomposer sent11: the formation of fossil fuels is a kind of process sent12: fossil fuels / fossils forming occurs over a period of 300000000 years which is considered a very long time to a human sent13: a plant is a kind of organism sent14: to decompose means to decay sent15: if something is formed from something else over a very long period of time, then that something else existed a very long time ago sent16: prehistoric means something that existed a very long time ago sent17: high temperatures during fossil-fuel formation causes a higher percentage of natural gas to form sent18: decay has a negative impact on a thing sent19: once-living means dead sent20: remains mean parts of a dead organism sent21: a plant is a member of a plant species sent22: a fungus is a kind of organism sent23: natural gas is a kind of fossil fuel sent24: oil is a kind of fossil fuel sent25: peat is made of decaying vegetation compacted by soil in a swamp over a long period of time
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] forming fossil fuels requires deposition and burial of decaying vegetation [AND] plants are a kind of vegetation [INFER] int1: forming fossil fuels requires deposition and burial of decaying plants [BECAUSE] the formation of fossil fuels is a kind of process [AND] if something is required for a process then that something helps in that process [INFER] int2: if something is required for the formation of fossil fuels then that something helps in the formation of fossil fuels [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] int2 [INFER] int3: decaying plants help in the formation of fossil fuels [BECAUSE] fossil fuels / fossils forming occurs over a period of 300000000 years which is considered a very long time to a human [AND] if something is formed from something else over a very long period of time, then that something else existed a very long time ago [INFER] int4: the organisms that formed fossil fuels existed a very long time ago [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] prehistoric means something that existed a very long time ago [INFER] int5: the organisms that formed fossil fuels are prehistoric [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] a plant is a kind of organism [INFER] int6: the plants that formed fossil fuels are prehistoric [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] int6 [INFER] int7: prehistoric decaying plants help in the formation of fossil fuels [BECAUSE] oil is a kind of fossil fuel [AND] coal is a kind of fossil fuel [INFER] int8: coal and oil are kinds of fossil fuels [BECAUSE] natural gas is a kind of gas [AND] natural gas is a kind of fossil fuel [INFER] int9: gas is a kind of fossil fuel [BECAUSE] int8 [AND] int9 [INFER] int10: coal and oil and gas are kinds of fossil fuels [BECAUSE] int10 [AND] int7 [INFER] int11: prehistoric decaying plants help in the formation of coal and oil and gas