Question: All the ponds in an area dried up during a drought. The population of which of the following animals that live in the area is most affected by the drought?
Answer: frog
Hypothesis: droughts have a negative effect on frogs
Supporting facts: sent1: humans changing animal habitats usually causes harm to those animals sent2: if the population of an animal decreases then that animal may no longer be found in that place sent3: humans changing an environment sometimes causes that environment to be destroyed sent4: a frog is a kind of aquatic animal sent5: an aquatic animal is a kind of animal sent6: killing a living thing decreases the number / population size of that living thing sent7: aquatic animals live in bodies of water sent8: a lack of something that a living thing requires prevents the survival of that living thing sent9: if an animal 's habitat no longer exists then that animal will die sent10: if a body of water loses all water then that body of water does not exist any more sent11: a pond is a kind of body of water sent12: if a habitat is destroyed then that habitat can not support animals sent13: protecting a living thing has a positive impact on that living thing 's survival / health sent14: if a habitat is removed then that habitat is destroyed sent15: a frog is a kind of animal sent16: drought is when available water decreases in an environment sent17: causing an animal to die has a negative effect on that animal sent18: humans changing an environment causes animal populations to decrease in that environment sent19: loss of resources has a negative impact on the organisms in an area sent20: harming an environment causes harm to the living things / to the organisms in that environment sent21: an aquatic animal / aquatic plant requires great amounts of water to survive / thrive sent22: if an organism dies then the population of that organism will decrease sent23: humans changing ecosystems / environments usually has a negative impact on an ecosystem / organisms living in an ecosystem sent24: water pollution destroys the habitats of aquatic animals / of amphibians sent25: population is a measure of the number of a species in an environment
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] if a body of water loses all water then that body of water does not exist any more [AND] a pond is a kind of body of water [INFER] int1: if a pond loses all water then that pond does not exist any more [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] drought is when available water decreases in an environment [INFER] int2: a drought can cause a pond to no longer exist [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] if an animal 's habitat no longer exists then that animal will die [INFER] int3: a drought can cause animals that live in ponds to die [BECAUSE] a pond is a kind of body of water [AND] aquatic animals live in bodies of water [INFER] int4: aquatic animals live in ponds [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] a frog is a kind of aquatic animal [INFER] int5: a frog is a kind of aquatic animal that lives in ponds [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] an aquatic animal is a kind of animal [INFER] int6: a frog is a kind of animal that lives in ponds [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] int6 [INFER] int7: a drought can cause frogs to die [BECAUSE] a frog is a kind of animal [AND] causing an animal to die has a negative effect on that animal [INFER] int8: causing a frog to die has a negative effect on that frog [BECAUSE] int7 [AND] int8 [INFER] int9: droughts have a negative effect on frogs