Question: The brown fur of the arctic hare turns white in winter. How does this color change most likely help the arctic hare?
Answer: It helps the animal hide from predators.
Hypothesis: changing into the color of an arctic environment is used for hiding from predators by an arctic hare
Supporting facts: sent1: if an animal 's fur is a color then that animal is that color sent2: an animal requires warmth for survival sent3: if an animal eats other animals for food , then the animal will be the predator sent4: color is a property of something that describes what that something looks like sent5: staying warm has a positive impact on an animal 's survival / health sent6: an animal is a kind of organism sent7: an arctic hare's fur turns white in the winter sent8: snow falls during the winter in the arctic environment sent9: an example of a seasonal change is an animal growing thick fur for keeping warm in the winter sent10: covering something is a kind of protection sent11: camouflage can be used for hunting for prey / food sent12: some animals' fur grows thicker for staying warm in the winter sent13: avoiding predators / escaping predators / avoiding consumers is a kind of protection sent14: camouflage is used for hiding by animals from predators sent15: a predator eats other animals for food sent16: adaptation is when an organism develops a trait over time for survival sent17: an example of camouflage is an organism looking like its environment sent18: a hare is a kind of animal sent19: avoiding is similar to preventing sent20: when snow falls in an environment in an environment , that environment will become white sent21: hair / fur is a part of skin for protection / keeping warm sent22: protecting something means preventing harm to that something sent23: adaptations are used for survival sent24: an animal usually requires a warm body temperature for survival sent25: some environments change color
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] an example of camouflage is an organism looking like its environment [AND] color is a property of something that describes what that something looks like [INFER] int1: an example of camouflage is organism having the same color as its environment [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] some environments change color [INFER] int2: an example of camouflage is organism changing into the color of the environment [BECAUSE] a hare is a kind of animal [AND] an animal is a kind of organism [INFER] int3: a hare is a kind of organism [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] int3 [INFER] int4: an example of camouflage is a hare changing into the color of its environment [BECAUSE] if an animal 's fur is a color then that animal is that color [AND] a hare is a kind of animal [INFER] int5: if a hare's fur is a color then that hare is that color [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] an arctic hare's fur turns white in the winter [INFER] int6: an arctic hare turns white in the winter [BECAUSE] when snow falls in an environment in an environment , that environment will become white [AND] snow falls during the winter in the arctic environment [INFER] int7: an arctic environment becomes white in the winter [BECAUSE] int6 [AND] int7 [INFER] int8: an arctic hare and an arctic environment both change color to white in the winter [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] int8 [INFER] int9: an example of camouflage is an arctic hare changing into the color of an arctic environment in the winter [BECAUSE] int9 [AND] camouflage is used for hiding by animals from predators [INFER] int10: changing into the color of an arctic environment is used for hiding from predators by an arctic hare