What is the missing first step of the following process: - The sound waves hit an object - Echoes are produced - The echo returns to the bat's ears - The bat hears the echo - The bat can figure out where the object is located.
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Answer: The bat sends out sound waves from their mouth or nose

Q: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Aluminum flows into streams and lakes - Acid rain dissolves minerals and nutrients in soil - Washes them away so plants can't benefit from them - PH in soil and water gets affected which can kill plants and animals - Acid rain in fog at higher elevations can strip foliage off trees.
A: Acid rain leaches aluminum from clay particles in soil

Question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Coal is pulverized into fine powder - The coal is mixed with hot air - The coal and hot air are blown into a boiler - The coal and hot air burn over a fire - Highly purified water is pumped through pipes in the boiler - The water turns into steam - The steam presses against turbines - The turbines spin - Electricity is produced.
Answer: Coal is mined out of the ground

[Q]: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The waves contain sediment from the ocean - The water and particles in it hit rocks and sand on the beach - The wind and current sometimes push the water and particles harder - Tiny parts of the rocks on the shore come off the larger rocks - The waves pick up sand and small rocks from the beach - The waves go back out into the ocean - The waves carry the new particles with them - Rocks and the beach look a little different.
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[A]: Water from the ocean washes onto beaches in waves

input: Please answer the following: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The bird collects twigs and other refuse - The bird makes a flat base with twigs - The bird makes sides with twigs and other things - The bird adds softer material to the inside - The nest is done.
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output: The bird picks a tree

What is the missing first step of the following process: - The flashlight is turned on - Two contact strips touch one another - A circuit is completed between the batteries and the lamp - The lamp in the flashlight begins to glow - The reflector in the flashlight directs the lamp's beam - A straight beam of light is generated - The flashlight is turned off - The circuit is broken - The beam is no longer visible.
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Answer:
Batteries are put in a flashlight