Question: Rat snakes, Elaphe obsoleta, are a species made of many distinct populations in different areas. Each of the populations has different markings and colorings. Where would rat snakes most likely be gray?
Answer: in a gravel pit
Hypothesis: a gray rat snake is likely to be in a gravel pit
Supporting facts: sent1: the coloration of parts of an animals are inherited characteristics sent2: to blend into something means to be difficult to see in something sent3: camouflage is used for protection by animals against predators sent4: if both recessive genes are present , then the recessive trait will be visible / expressed sent5: area is similar to location sent6: an environment is a kind of thing sent7: an adaptation is a kind of inherited charactersitic that helps an animal survive / reproduce sent8: an organism 's environment affects that organism 's acquired characteristics sent9: a rat snake is a kind of animal sent10: being protected from predators has a positive impact on an animal's survival sent11: a rat snake is gray sent12: an animal is a kind of organism sent13: an animal is a kind of thing sent14: hiding means ability to be seen decreases for protection sent15: coloration means a pattern of colors sent16: adaptations are used for survival sent17: coloration means a thing 's color sent18: hiding means visibility / ability to be seen decreases for camouflage sent19: the properties of something can be used to identify / used to describe that something sent20: animals adapt to their environment sent21: a gravel pit contains gravel sent22: gravel is usually gray in color sent23: things that are the same color blend into each other sent24: camouflage is a kind of adaptation for hiding in an environment sent25: if something has a positive impact on an animal's survival then that animal will likely do that something
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] a rat snake is gray [AND] a rat snake is a kind of animal [INFER] int1: a rat snake is a kind of animal that is gray [BECAUSE] the coloration of parts of an animals are inherited characteristics [AND] an adaptation is a kind of inherited charactersitic that helps an animal survive / reproduce [INFER] int2: coloration is a kind of adaptation [BECAUSE] to blend into something means to be difficult to see in something [AND] things that are the same color blend into each other [INFER] int3: if a thing is the same color as another thing then that thing is difficult to see in that other thing [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] hiding means ability to be seen decreases for protection [INFER] int4: a thing having the same color as another thing is used for hiding [BECAUSE] an animal is a kind of thing [AND] an environment is a kind of thing [INFER] int5: an animal and an environment are kinds of things [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] int5 [INFER] int6: an animal having the same color as its environment is used for hiding [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] int6 [INFER] int7: coloration is a kind of adaptation for hiding [BECAUSE] int7 [AND] animals adapt to their environment [INFER] int8: coloration is a kind of adaptation for hiding in an environment [BECAUSE] int8 [AND] an animal is a kind of organism [AND] camouflage is a kind of adaptation for hiding in an environment [INFER] int9: an example of camouflage is organism having the same color as its environment [BECAUSE] being protected from predators has a positive impact on an animal's survival [AND] camouflage is used for protection by animals against predators [INFER] int10: camouflage has a positive impact on an animal's survival [BECAUSE] int10 [AND] int9 [INFER] int11: an animal having the same color as its environment has a positive impact on that animal's survival [BECAUSE] int11 [AND] if something has a positive impact on an animal's survival then that animal will likely do that something [INFER] int12: animals are likely to have the same color as their environment [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] int12 [INFER] int13: a gray rat snake is likely to be in a gray environment [BECAUSE] a gravel pit contains gravel [AND] gravel is usually gray in color [INFER] int14: a gravel pit is usually gray in color [BECAUSE] int13 [AND] int14 [INFER] int15: a gray rat snake is likely to be in a gravel pit