[Q]: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Aluminum flows into streams and lakes - Acid rain dissolves minerals and nutrients in soil - Washes them away so plants can't benefit from them - PH in soil and water gets affected which can kill plants and animals - Acid rain in fog at higher elevations can strip foliage off trees.
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[A]: Acid rain leaches aluminum from clay particles in soil

input: Please answer the following: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The sediments become glued together - The glued together parts become hard like cement - The sediment becomes a big rock - The rocks erode slowly - The rocks come apart - The rocks become smaller rocks - The rocks continue to erode into smaller rocks - The process starts again.
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output: Minerals fill spaces between bits of sediment

Please answer this: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Pick a spot to plant them - Dig a hole in the dirt - Put the seed in the hole - Pour some water on the seed and hole - Cover up the hole - Press down on it - Spray some plant food on it.
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Answer: Get some seeds

Problem: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Centrioles separate to move to opposite poles - Metaphase, the chromosomes line up in the center - Anaphase, the chromatids separate - Are pulled apart - Telophase, the chromosomes gather at opposite poles - Two new nuclear membranes form - The cell membranes pinch - Divide into two individual cells -

A: Prophase, the chromosomes become visible

Problem: Given the question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The water is boiled to a very high tempature - The salt becomes seperated from the water - The salt is removed - The water is able to be drank at this point.
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The answer is:
Salt water is contained in a factory or plant

Problem: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The bat makes sounds with their mouth or nose - The sound waves travel away from the bat - The sound waves hit objects - The sound waves bounce off the objects back towards the bat - The bat hears the sound waves echoing off the objects - The bat knows where the objects are because of where the sound echoed from - The bat doesn't hurt itself by hitting the objects.

A:
Bats fly through an area