Please answer this: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The light energy is used to convert carbon dioxide - The plant uses nutrients in the soil - The plant uses carbon dioxide in the air to produce glucose - The plant uses the glucose to give itself energy - Oxygen is released as a by product.
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Answer: Light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll in a plant

Problem: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Water is transported to the leaves in the xylem - Energy harvested through light reaction is stored by forming ATP - Carbon dioxide and energy from ATP are used to create sugar - Oxygen exits the leaves through the stomata by diffusion - The plant reuses the water or the water exits through the stomata as water vapor.

A: Carbon dioxide enters the leaves through the stomates by diffusion

Problem: Given the question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The pollution negatively affects the water quality - The pollution negatively affects the health of plants and animals - The plants and animals have shorter, less healthy lives - The plants and animals do not reproduce very well - The number of plants and animals decreases over time - The quality of water gets worse and worse as there are no plants or animals to clean it - Eventually there is nothing living in the water and it is unusable -
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The answer is:
Pollution enters natural water sources such as rivers and lakes

input question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The animal finds or builds a suitable place to hibernate where they can stay warm and protected - The animal moves into their den - Their heart rate and breathing slow down to conserve energy - They emerge from the den when the weather is warming up again.???
output answer: An animal eats a lot of food to fatten up

What is the missing first step of the following process: - They secrete digestive juice 'externally' into the small intestine - There are enzymes for breaking down fats, proteins , and carbohydrates - Digestive juices flows from the pancreas through an excretory duct into the small intestine - When the blood sugar levels rise, as they might after a meal, insulin is released - When blood sugar levels are too low, the pancreas releases glucagon into the bloodstream -
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Answer: Over 99% of the exocrine pancreas cells produce digestive juices

Q: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The heated water evaporates - The salt is left behind - The evaporated water condenses on a cold surface - The evaporated water is collected - The process is repeated - More salt is removed from the water.
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Water is heated