input question: What is the missing first step of the following process:  -  Eventually it burns all its hydrogen - Becomes a red giant - Once the red giant burns itself out - The core of the star collapses - The gasses will start to disperse - Only the core is left - A white dwarf has been formed.???
output answer: A star burns in space

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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Answer: The sun gives off radiation

Q: What is the missing first step of the following process:  -  Air goes through all the little branches in your lungs to fill up the air sacs, or alveoli - Oxygen goes through the walls of the alveoli and into the capillaries - The oxygen goes into the bloodstream - Oxygen is left and carbon dioxide is picked up - You breathe it out through your lungs -
A: You breathe in

Question: What is the missing first step of the following process:  -  Heating element heats water - Pump forces water up in pipes connected to spinning paddles - The forced water makes paddles spin like a sprinkler - Water comes out of small holes in paddles - Water is collected and used again until dishes are clean - Water is drained through a filter - Filter collects particles of food - Water was so hot that it evaporates for dry dishes.
Answer: Cold water taken in through a hose to the bottom

[Q]: 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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[A]: Animals and plants die in soft soil or mud

Problem: Given the question: What is the missing first step of the following process:  -  The water freezes into ice - The cracks expand - Over time the rocks split - The rocks are now in smaller pieces.
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The answer is:

Water gets into cracks in rocks