Question: What do producers need to make food?
Answer: sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
Hypothesis: producers need sunlight and water and carbon dioxide to make food
Supporting facts: sent1: a plant requires sunlight to grow sent2: if something is a raw material in a process then that something is required for that process sent3: as the availability of sunlight decreases , the ability of producers to produce food decrease sent4: when carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is absorbed by plants , the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is reduced in the atmosphere sent5: using a raw material sometimes requires absorbing that raw material sent6: if a process converts something into something else then that something has the role of raw material in the process sent7: if an event is required for a process then that event must occur before that process can occur sent8: to provide something means to be the source of that something sent9: carbon dioxide can trap solar energy sent10: taking in carbon dioxide is a stage in the photosynthesis process sent11: photosynthesis is a kind of chemical process sent12: a plant requires photosynthesis to grow / survive sent13: to be used for something means to be required by that something sent14: if something is required for a process then that something positively impacts that process sent15: green plants are a kind of producer sent16: requiring something means needing that something sent17: to require something means to need something sent18: if something causes a process then that something is required for that process sent19: making something is a kind of method for providing something sent20: if something is a raw material then that something comes directly from a source sent21: photosynthesis means producers / green plants convert from carbon dioxide and water and solar energy into carbohydrates and food and oxygen for themselves sent22: if something is required then that something must be provided sent23: if something requires something else then that something requires a source of that something else sent24: carbon dioxide can be found in the air sent25: green plants provide food for themselves / animals / consumers by performing photosynthesis
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] green plants are a kind of producer [AND] green plants provide food for themselves / animals / consumers by performing photosynthesis [INFER] int1: producers provide food for themselves by performing photosynthesis [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] making something is a kind of method for providing something [INFER] int2: producers make food by performing photosynthesis [BECAUSE] photosynthesis is a kind of chemical process [AND] if a process converts something into something else then that something has the role of raw material in the process [INFER] int3: if the photosynthesis process converts something into something else then that something has the role of raw material in the photosynthesis process [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] photosynthesis means producers / green plants convert from carbon dioxide and water and solar energy into carbohydrates and food and oxygen for themselves [INFER] int4: in the photosynthesis process carbon dioxide / water / sunlight has the role of raw material [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] if something is a raw material in a process then that something is required for that process [INFER] int5: sunlight and water and carbon dioxide are required for the photosynthesis process [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] int5 [INFER] int6: producers require sunlight and water and carbon dioxide to make food [BECAUSE] int6 [AND] to require something means to need something [INFER] int7: producers need sunlight and water and carbon dioxide to make food