Problem: Given the question: 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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The answer is:
Items that can be reused are placed into recycling containers

input question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The parent(s) incubate the eggs - The eggs hatch - The mother (and sometimes the father) bird take care of the baby birds - The baby birds grow up and get their flight feathers - The young birds learn to fly and leave the nest - The adult birds find mates and mate.???
output answer: A bird lays eggs in a nest

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

Q: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The spores fall to the ground - The spores germinate - The spores begin to grow mycelium - The mycelium begin to sprout a bud - A new mushroom is formed.
A: Spores are dispersed into the air by a mature mushroom

Question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The seeds are dispersed by wind, animals, etc - The seeds reach the ground - Grow into new trees - These new trees produce seeds - The process repeats itself over and over -
Answer: A tree produces seeds

Please answer this: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Sunlight is gathered by the leaves of the plant - The sunlight is broken down into glucose through photosynthesis - The glucose travels the plant - The plant uses that glucose as energy to grow.
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Answer:
Green is a color that gathers sunlight easily