Question: Which adaptation often helps an animal attract a mate?
Answer: coloration
Hypothesis: coloration is a kind of adaptation for attracting a mate / reproduction
Supporting facts: sent1: coloration can be used for communication by animals sent2: an inherited characteristic is a kind of characteristic sent3: reproduction produces / produce offspring sent4: coloration means a pattern of colors sent5: trait is synonymous with characteristic sent6: offspring receive genes from their parents through inheritence / dna / sexual reproduction sent7: trait means property sent8: communication can be used to let other animals know things sent9: to reproduce means to have / to produce offspring sent10: in order to attract a mate, an animal must let other animal know that it is a potential mate sent11: an adaptation has a positive impact on an animal 's ability to reproduce sent12: genes are able to determine the inherited characteristics of a living thing sent13: the color of an environment means the color of the things that environment contains sent14: if both a dominant and recessive gene are present , the dominant trait will be visible / expressed sent15: an example of adaptation is animals avoid eating organisms with bright color sent16: attracting is a kind of function / activity sent17: if both recessive genes are present , then the recessive trait will be visible / expressed sent18: an instinctive behavior is a kind of inherited characteristic / behavioral adaptation sent19: to be used for something means to help to do that something sent20: an animal needs to attract a mate to reproduce sent21: help means advantage sent22: to attract females / males means to attract mates sent23: sexual reproduction produces offspring with genetic material from both parents / cells with genetic material from both parent cells sent24: inheriting is when an inherited characteristic is copied / is passed from parent to offspring by genetics / dna sent25: color is a kind of physical / visual property
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] in order to attract a mate, an animal must let other animal know that it is a potential mate [AND] an animal needs to attract a mate to reproduce [INFER] int1: an animal needs to let other animals know that it is a potential mate to reproduce [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] communication can be used to let other animals know things [INFER] int2: communication can be used by animals to let other animals know that it is a potential mate [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] coloration can be used for communication by animals [INFER] int3: coloration can be used to let other animals know that an animal is a potential mate [BECAUSE] in order to attract a mate, an animal must let other animal know that it is a potential mate [AND] an animal needs to attract a mate to reproduce [INFER] int4: letting other animals know that an animal is a potential mate has a positive impact on that animal's ability to attract a mate / reproduce [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] int4 [INFER] int5: coloration has a positive impact on an animal's ability to attract a mate / reproduce [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] an adaptation has a positive impact on an animal 's ability to reproduce [INFER] int6: coloration is a kind of adaptation for attracting a mate / reproduction