input question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - As the plates move, they exert a great force - When the force is large enough, the crust breaks - The stress is released as energy - The energy moves through the Earth in the form of waves - We feel the earthquake -???
output answer: Plates on the Earth's crust move slowly past each other

input question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Cover the pot with a slightly too large cover - Place a larger pot under the first - Heat water to evaporation - Water vapor will collect on the lid - Drip into the second pot as fresh water - Salt is left behind in the original pot.???
output answer: Place the water in a pot

input question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The atoms become unstable - The atoms split - In alpha decay, two protons and two neutrons are released from the atom - In beta decay, a neutron changes into a proton and an electron - The proton joins the nucleus of the atom - The electron is released -???
output answer: The nuclei of some atoms have too few or too many neutrons

input question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Babies become infants - Infants become children - Children learn skills - Children become teenagers - Teenagers undergo puberty - Teenagers become adults - Adults have children - Adults become elderly - Elderly humans die.???
output answer:
Humans are born as babies