input: Please answer the following: What is the missing first step of the following process: - These plants die - The soil gains organic material - The soil becomes more fertile - Larger plants are able to be supported - Trees eventually grow.
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output: Grass and small plants grow in an area

Please answer this: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The basidia gives off spores - The spores germinate - The spores create Hyphae - Multiple Hyphae meet and converge - They join with Mycelium - A hyphal knot forms in the ground - A primordia shoots out of the ground - A mushroom cap is formed.
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Answer: A mushroom gives off gills lined with basidia

Problem: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The cold water forms ice crystals - The ice crystals grow by absorbing surrounding water droplets - Form snowflakes - The snowflakes fall to the ground.

A: Water in the clouds becomes very cold

Problem: Given the question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The egg hatches - A larva emerges - The larva eats and grows - The larva sheds its skin - The larva enters a chrysalis - The pupa grows inside the chrysalis - The adult butterfly exits the chrysalis - The adult butterfly is now fully grown - The adult butterfly lays more eggs.
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The answer is:
A butterfly starts as an egg

input question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The water freezes into ice - The cracks expand - Over time the rocks split - The rocks are now in smaller pieces.???
output answer: Water gets into cracks in rocks

input question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Sediment builds up over the remains - The remains decompose, leaving only trace amounts - The remaining parts over the years are replaced with mineral - A fossil is formed -???
output answer:
Animals and plants die in soft soil or mud