Plant growth sequence — arrange the following in a natural order from environment to yield: (a) Seed (b) Flower (c) Soil (d) Plant (e) Fruit

Introduction / Context:
This item asks you to place elements of basic botany in a realistic sequence, starting from the medium that supports life and ending with the plant’s yield. Understanding life cycles is a common theme in verbal/logic sequences.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Elements: Soil, Seed, Plant, Flower, Fruit.
• ‘‘Fruit’’ represents the consumable product after successful reproduction.
• We assume ordinary flowering plants in typical agricultural settings.

Concept / Approach:
Life begins with a viable seed placed in suitable soil. After germination, the plant grows vegetatively, then transitions to reproductive structures (flower). Following pollination and fertilization, fruit develops as the final yield.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Soil provides water, minerals, and anchorage.Step 2: Seed is sown in soil and germinates.Step 3: Seed becomes a Plant (seedling → mature plant).Step 4: Plant produces a Flower (reproductive organ).Step 5: After successful reproduction, Fruit forms as produce.

Verification / Alternative check:
Introductory biology texts place fruit formation after flowering, not before. Soil logically precedes seed activity in this simplified flow.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• d, b, e, a, c or b, e, d, a, c: Put later stages before early ones or misplace soil.
• c, b, a, e, d: Puts flower before plant; impossible.
• a, c, d, b, e: Starts with seed before specifying soil; sequence intent is environment → seed → plant → flower → fruit.

Common Pitfalls:
Assuming fruit can appear without flowering; for most flowering plants, fruit is a post-flowering product.

Final Answer:
c, a, d, b, e