Plant life-cycle — arrange the given words in meaningful chronological order: a) Tree, b) Seed, c) Flower, d) Fruit, e) Plant (young plant/seedling).

Introduction / Context:
From seed to fruit, flowering plants follow a familiar timeline. This question asks you to track that development using generic stage names. The trick is to distinguish “plant” (a young plant/seedling) from the later mature “tree,” and to remember that flowers precede fruit in reproduction.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Stages: Seed (b), Plant/seedling (e), Tree/mature plant (a), Flower (c), Fruit (d).
• Assume a typical flowering tree species for everyday reasoning.

Concept / Approach:
Seed germinates to a young Plant. With growth, it becomes a Tree (mature stage). The tree produces Flower(s), which upon pollination and development result in Fruit, enclosing seeds for the next generation. Hence the order is Seed → Plant → Tree → Flower → Fruit.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Start: Seed (b).Next: Plant/seedling (e).Then: Tree (a) upon maturity.Then: Flower (c) for reproduction.Finally: Fruit (d) as the reproductive product.Therefore: b, e, a, c, d.

Verification / Alternative check:
Fruit cannot precede flowers in standard angiosperm cycles, and a seed cannot come after fruit in the same generation’s order.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• Any sequence placing fruit before flower is biologically unsound.
• Placing tree before plant/seedling ignores maturation.

Common Pitfalls:
Reading “plant” as a synonym for any plant (including mature); here it denotes the early post-germination stage to distinguish it from “tree.”

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