a land mass is a kind of object & a continent is a kind of large land mass ->  a cotinental land mass is a kind of object  a cotinental land mass is a kind of object & continental land masses absorb solar energy ->  a continental land mass is a kind of object that absorbs solar energy  absorbing energy causes objects / materials / substances to heat & solar energy is a kind of energy ->  absorbing solar energy causes objects to heat  a continental land mass is a kind of object that absorbs solar energy & absorbing solar energy causes objects to heat ->  absorbing solar energy causes continental land masses to heat  if a part of something absorbs heat then that heat will be distributed to the rest of that something0 & if something is located on something else then that something is a part of that something else ->  continental land masses are a part of earth  if a part of something absorbs heat then that heat will be distributed to the rest of that something & absorbing heat causes something to heat ->  if a part of something is heated then the rest of that something will be heated  continental land masses are a part of earth & if a part of something is heated then the rest of that something will be heated ->  if continental land masses are heated then the earth will be heated  absorbing solar energy causes continental land masses to heat & if continental land masses are heated then the earth will be heated ->  continental land masses absorbing solar energy causes the earth to heat  continental land masses absorbing solar energy causes the earth to heat & to heat means to warm up -> continental land masses absorbing solar energy causes the earth to warm up