Q: 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.
A: Sediment becomes loose from the rest of the soil

Question: What is the missing first step of the following process: - Fill the tray with water from the faucet - Put the ice cube tray in the freezer - Wait for several hours - The water will freeze and become ice - Remove the ice cube tray from the freezer - Remove the ice cubes from the tray.
Answer: Take out an ice cube tray

[Q]: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The radiation is aborbed by the Earth - Some of the radiation goes back into space - Some is trapped by the atmosphere - If too much heat is trapped - Global warming occurs.
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[A]: The sun gives off radiation

input: Please answer the following: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The filter has small pores to catch pollutants - The filter will catch chlorine, heavy metals, and other chemicals - The filter allows water and mineral ions like fluoride to pass through - The water on the other side of the filter is much cleaner -
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output: Water comes through a filter

Please answer this: What is the missing first step of the following process: - The trees die off - The dead material provides nutrients for more trees - The rising trees provide shelter - And more organisms begin to thrive - The ecosystem known as a forest is made.
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Answer: Networks of trees start forming

Question: 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 -
Answer:
Animals eat a lot during good (warm, clear) weather