Question: Many scientists think that burning fossil fuels has increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What effect would the increase of carbon dioxide most likely have on the 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: global warming is when worldwide temperature increases sent2: carbon dioxide is a kind of greenhouse gas sent3: carbon dioxide contains carbon sent4: if something causes an increase in something else then that something produces that something else sent5: if something has a positive impact on something else then increasing the amount of that something has a positive impact on that something else sent6: climate is the usual kind of weather in a location over a period of time sent7: a planet is a kind of location sent8: temperature is a property of weather sent9: heat means temperature increase sent10: the atmosphere of a planet holds heat sent11: warmer means greater / higher in temperature / warmth sent12: if a planet cannot hold heat then that planet will have a large range of temperatures sent13: temperature rise means temperature increase sent14: as distance from the equator decreases , the climate will become warmer sent15: water vapor is the largest amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere sent16: carbon dioxide concentrations in the air have increased over the last decade dramatically sent17: increase means more sent18: if something causes something else to increase, then increasing that something will cause that something else to increase sent19: oil is a kind of fossil fuel sent20: the atmosphere contains gases / liquids / solids sent21: temperature rise means become warmer sent22: the atmosphere is made of air sent23: global warming has a negative impact on environment / organisms sent24: the greenhouse effect is when carbon in the air heats a planet 's atmosphere sent25: atmosphere means air
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] the greenhouse effect is when carbon in the air heats a planet 's atmosphere [AND] heat means temperature increase [INFER] int1: carbon in the air causes the temperature of a 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 in the atmosphere increases, the temperature of the planet's atmosphere will become warmer [BECAUSE] climate is the usual kind of weather in a location over a period of time [AND] temperature is a property of weather [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