Please answer this: 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 -
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Answer: Animals and plants die in soft soil or mud

Problem: 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

Problem: Given the question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Falls onto the ground - The acid rain starts scouring rocks - Destroys vegetation - The lack of vegetation alters the surrounding environment.
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The answer is:
Acid rain is produced by chemicals that reach into the atmosphere

input question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The virus enters the human or animal body - The virus goes to the part of the body that contains its food - The virus consumes part of the body or materials that the body uses - The virus replicates and spreads - The virus causes symptoms in the body as the immune system tries to expel the virus.???
output answer: Contact is made with a virus

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.
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Answer: Acid rain leaches aluminum from clay particles in soil

Q: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Put the ice cube tray in the freezer - Wait 5 to 6 hours - Take the ice cube tray out of the freezer - Bend the tray slightly to get the ice cubes out and into a drink.
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Put water in an ice cube tray