Q: 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

Question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The trees die off - The dead material provides nutrients for more trees - The rising trees provide shelter - And more organisms begin to thrive - The ecosystem known as a forest is made.
Answer: Networks of trees start forming

[Q]: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The dishwasher heats the water - The detergent dispenser opens at the right time - Water is shot through the jets to clean the dishes - The dirty water is drained - More water is sprayed to rinse the dishes - The water is drained again - The air is heated in the dishwasher to dry the dishes.
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[A]: Water flows into the dishwasher

input: Please answer the following: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Recycling trucks pick up the items that are able to be reused - The recyclable items travel to a recycling plant - The items are sorted by what they are made of - The items are broken down into small parts - The small parts are melted to make new raw parts - The raw parts are sold to manufactures to make new items.
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output: Items that can be reused are placed into recycling containers

Please answer this: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Release them into the air by process of sporulation - Spores are carried by the wind - Land in a hospitable growing environment - The spores germinate into the soil - The mushroom starts growing - The adult mushroom produce spores of its own to repeat the process.
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Answer: Adult mushrooms produce spores

Question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - They are born and are a baby - The baby grows into a child - Puberty turns the child into an adolescent - The adolescent becomes an adult - An adult becomes an elderly person - The elderly person dies.
Answer:
There is a fetus in the womb