Question: As more people have moved to the beach, the sea turtle population has decreased. Which is most likely the cause of this decrease?
Answer: habitat loss
Hypothesis: humans moving to beach causes the population of sea turtles to decrease through habitats loss
Supporting facts: sent1: habitat is similar to environment sent2: if a habitat can no longer support animals then those animals will move to another area sent3: aquatic animals / plants live in bodies of water sent4: decreasing use of a resource protects that resource sent5: a sea turtle is a kind of animal sent6: when a habitat can support living things , living things can live in that habitat sent7: sea turtle is a native species to the beach sent8: an animal requires a habitat for survival sent9: as population of predators increases , the population of prey will decrease in an environment sent10: as a population of organisms increases , the resources used by those organisms will decrease sent11: the decrease of something required by an organism has a negative impact on that organism 's survival / that organism 's ability sent12: a lack of something that a living thing requires prevents the survival of that living thing sent13: as temperature in an environment decreases , the amount of water an animal in that environment will lose will decrease sent14: humans moving in an environment usually causes native species to lose their habitats sent15: organisms can be found in their habitats sent16: animals / living things live and feed in their habitats / near their habitats sent17: habitat destruction causes animals to move to find shelter in another habitat sent18: population is a measure of the number of a species in an environment sent19: as a resource required by an organism decreases , the population of that organisms will decrease sent20: a coastal area is a kind of environment sent21: a beach is a kind of environment sent22: wave action causes beach erosion sent23: loss of resources has a negative impact on the organisms in an area sent24: a natural ecosystem contains native living things only sent25: if animals lose the thing they require to survive, their population will decrease
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] humans moving in an environment usually causes native species to lose their habitats [AND] a beach is a kind of environment [INFER] int1: humans moving to beach usually causes native species to lose their habitats [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] sea turtle is a native species to the beach [INFER] int2: humans moving to beach usually causes sea turtles to lose their habitats [BECAUSE] a sea turtle is a kind of animal [AND] an animal requires a habitat for survival [INFER] int3: a sea turtle requires a habitat for survival [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] int3 [INFER] int4: humans moving to beach causes sea tutles to lose habitats required by the sea turtles to survive [BECAUSE] if animals lose the thing they require to survive, their population will decrease [AND] a sea turtle is a kind of animal [INFER] int5: if sea turtles lose the thing they require to survive, their population will decrease [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] int5 [INFER] int6: humans moving to beach causes the population of sea turtles to decrease through habitats loss