premise: if a part of something absorbs heat then that heat will be distributed to the rest of that something sent2: a land mass is a kind of object sent3: a continent is a kind of large land mass sent4: absorbing energy causes objects / materials / substances to heat sent5: if something is located on something else then that something is a part of that something else sent6: absorbing heat causes something to heat sent7: solar energy is a kind of energy sent8: to heat means to warm up sent9: continental land masses absorb solar energy.
hypothesis: continental land masses absorbing solar energy causes the earth to warm up