Problem: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The wind or water deposits tiny rocks - The rocks become known as sediment - The layers of sediment are pressed together by other layers of sediment on top - Minerals from the rocks in the sediment dissolve - Minerals glue the sediment together into a single rock.

A: Wind or water breaks small pieces off of a rock

Problem: Given the question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Blood is carried to the kidneys through the renal arteries - The kidneys contain filters inside - The filters capture the waste products - The waste is combined with water to make urine - The urine leaves the kidney and is collected in the bladder - The cleaned blood is returned to the body.
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The answer is:
Waste products are deposited in the blood

input question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - These plants die - The soil gains organic material - The soil becomes more fertile - Larger plants are able to be supported - Trees eventually grow.???
output answer: Grass and small plants grow in an area

What is the missing first step of the following process: - The sediment rolls down hill towards a river - The heavy items sink to the bottom - The lighter items float on the top and in convection cycles - As the river flows the sediment is moved - The sediment gets dumped through tributaries into lakes and the ocean - The sediment keeps moving around the world in convection currents.
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Answer: Sediment becomes loose from the rest of the soil

Q: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The sound travels in waves, as sound does - The sound "bounces" off of a nearby object - The sound wave returns to the bat - The bat hears the echoed sound - Folds in the bat's ear and adaptations in the bat's brain enable it to determine the size, shape, and position of the other object via the properties of the returned sound waves - Other animals use echolocation in generally similar ways -
A: Bats and other animals produce a high-pitched tone

[Q]: 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.
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[A]:
Contact is made with a virus