input question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The matter forms on the sea floor - Layers of sediment form above the matter compressing it - After many years the matter is compressed and heated - The result is that crude oil forms.???
output answer: Living organisms in the sea die

What is the missing first step of the following process: - Engines produce carbon dioxide - Living things produce waste - Waste decomposes - Decomposition produces methane - Water evaporates - Water vapor joins the atmosphere - Carbon dioxide, water vapor and methane are greenhouse gases -
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Answer: People breathe and expel carbon dioxide

Q: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Attach a rocket - Add rocket fuel - Launch rocket - Satellite goes into orbit.
A: Build a satellite

Question: 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.
Answer: Water from the ocean washes onto beaches in waves

[Q]: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The earth changes energy from the sun into heat - Heat rises from the ground - Greenhouse gas molecules in the atmosphere prevent the heat from going into space - The temperature of the earth increases - The temperature continues to rise and melts the polar ice caps - The temperature rises even faster.
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[A]: Greenhouse gases are released into the air by human activities

Problem: Given the question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - You must draw up a plan to what kind of orbit the satellite will travel - You make preparations for the rocket that will travel into space - Prepare the crew that will send it there - You begin the countdown date for the rocket - And then you send the rocket carrying the satellite into space - Once in orbit the satellite will be placed where it was planned.
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The answer is:
You must decide the purpose of the satellite