Question: The burning of fossil fuels has increased the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere. What is a possible effect that the increased amount of carbon dioxide is likely to have on our planet?
Answer: A warmer climate
Hypothesis: as the amount of carbon in the atmosphere increases, the planet's climate will become warmer
Supporting facts: sent1: if something releases something else then that something is the source of that something else sent2: temperature rise means become warmer sent3: increase means more sent4: carbon dioxide concentrations in the air have increased over the last decade dramatically sent5: air temperature is a kind of temperature sent6: if something causes an increase in something else then that something produces that something else sent7: atmosphere means air sent8: warmer means greater / higher in temperature / warmth sent9: worldwide temperature means atmospheric temperature sent10: oil is a kind of fossil fuel sent11: carbon dioxide is a kind of greenhouse gas sent12: if something causes something else to increase then increasing that something will cause that something else to increase sent13: heat means increase in temperature sent14: to be a source of something means to cause that something sent15: the atmosphere is made of air sent16: carbon dioxide contains carbon sent17: fossil fuels burning causes pollution sent18: global warming has a negative impact on environment / organisms sent19: the emission of something is when something is added into the atmosphere sent20: releasing something into the atmosphere increases the amount of that something in the atmosphere sent21: the atmosphere of a planet holds heat sent22: temperature is a property of weather sent23: the greenhouse effect is when carbon in the air heats a planet 's atmosphere sent24: global warming is when worldwide temperature increases sent25: climate is the usual kind of weather in a location over a period of time
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] heat means increase in temperature [AND] the greenhouse effect is when carbon in the air heats a planet 's atmosphere [INFER] int1: carbon in the air causes the temperature of the planet's atmosphere to increase [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] if something causes something else to increase then increasing that something will cause that something else to increase [INFER] int2: as the amount of carbon in the air increases, the temperature of the planet's atmosphere will increase [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] the atmosphere is made of air [INFER] int3: as the amount of carbon in the atmosphere increases, the temperature of the planet's atmosphere will increase [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] carbon dioxide contains carbon [INFER] int4: as the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases , the temperature of the planet / the atmosphere will increase [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] warmer means greater / higher in temperature / warmth [INFER] int5: as the amount of carbon dioxide in the air increases, the temperature of the planet's atmosphere will become warmer [BECAUSE] temperature is a property of weather [AND] climate is the usual kind of weather in a location over a period of time [INFER] int6: temperature is a property of climate [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] int6 [INFER] int7: as the amount of carbon in the atmosphere increases, the planet's climate will become warmer