Question: The main source of food for a coyote population in one area is mice. Which is most likely to happen to these coyotes if a new predator begins eating the mice?
Answer: There will be fewer coyotes.
Hypothesis: if a new predator begins eating mice then there will be fewer coyotes
Supporting facts: sent1: prey is a kind of animal sent2: the decrease of something required by an organism has a negative impact on that organism 's survival / that organism 's ability sent3: avoiding predators has a positive impact on prey 's / an organism 's survival / health / ability to reproduce sent4: if an animal eats other animals for food , then the animal will be the predator sent5: a coyote is a kind of living thing sent6: if something decreases then that something will be fewer in number sent7: a lack of something that a living thing requires prevents the survival of that living thing sent8: food supply often limits predator population size in an ecosystem sent9: a coyote is a kind of animal sent10: as the supply of food in an environment decreases , the population of animals in that environment will decrease sent11: the main source of food for coyotes is mice sent12: coyotes are a kind of species sent13: a mouse is a kind of animal sent14: as a resource required by an organism decreases , the population of that organisms will decrease sent15: to prey on an animal means to eat that animal sent16: if a new predator begins eating prey then the population of that prey will decrease sent17: the amount of something is similar to the availability of something sent18: if an animal is eaten by other animals , then the animal will be the prey sent19: as a population of organisms increases , the resources used by those organisms will decrease sent20: living things eat their food source sent21: if an organism dies then the population of that organism will decrease sent22: humans changing ecosystems / environments usually has a negative impact on an ecosystem / organisms living in an ecosystem sent23: as population of prey decreases , the population of predators will decrease sent24: predators / carnivores / omnivores eat other animals sent25: population is a measure of the number of a species in an environment
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] if an animal is eaten by other animals , then the animal will be the prey [AND] if an animal eats other animals for food , then the animal will be the predator [INFER] int1: if an animal eats other animals then the aniaml will be the predator and the other animal will be the prey [BECAUSE] living things eat their food source [AND] a coyote is a kind of living thing [INFER] int2: coyotes eat their food source [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] the main source of food for coyotes is mice [INFER] int3: coyotes eat mice [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] int3 [AND] a mouse is a kind of animal [AND] a coyote is a kind of animal [INFER] int4: coyotes are predators to mice and mice are prey to coyotes [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] if a new predator begins eating prey then the population of that prey will decrease [INFER] int5: if a new predator begins eating mice then the population of mice will decrease [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] as population of prey decreases , the population of predators will decrease [INFER] int6: as the population of mice decreases the population of coyotes will decrease [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] int6 [INFER] int7: if a new predator begins eating mice then the population of coyotes will decrease [BECAUSE] population is a measure of the number of a species in an environment [AND] if something decreases then that something will be fewer in number [INFER] int8: if the population of a species decreases then there will be fewer number of that species [BECAUSE] int8 [AND] coyotes are a kind of species [INFER] int9: if the population of coyotes decreases then there will be fewer coyotes [BECAUSE] int7 [AND] int9 [INFER] int10: if a new predator begins eating mice then there will be fewer coyotes