input question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Placed into the dishwasher - A detergent is added to the detergent dispenser - The dishwasher is closed - The power is turned on - In about 1.5-2 hours, the dishes are clean -???
output answer: Dirty dishes are rinsed

What is the missing first step of the following process: - A baby bird forms within the egg if it is fertilized - The baby bird begins pecking out of the egg - The baby bird is unable to fly to get food - The mother bird must feed the baby bird food - The bird grows stronger and grows wings - The bird is able to fly - The bird is able to leave the nest and find food - The bird is able to reproduce.
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Answer: An egg is laid by a mother bird

Q: 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.
A: Humans are born as babies

Question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The energy causes the fault lines give way - The earth's plates move - The energy radiates outward from the fault in all directions - The seismic waves shake the earth as they move through it.
Answer: Energy builds up in the crust of the earth

[Q]: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Animals gain weight - The season changes to one with bad (cold, snowy) weather - Animals find a place to hibernate - Animals enter a type of 'sleep' (hibernation) - Body processes slow down - The animal's heart rate and breathing rate slow - The animal loses weight more slowly than usual - The animal is able to survive not eating or drinking without hurting itself -
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[A]: Animals eat a lot during good (warm, clear) weather

Problem: Given the question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Over long periods of time rain can hit the limestone - And cause a acidic reaction - The limestone will slowly disintegrate - A large gap with be where the limestone was - Result in the cave.
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The answer is:
Some of the rock in the ground is made of limestone