a plant / living thing requires nutrients to grow & food contains nutrients for living things ->  a plant requires food to grow  a plant requires food to grow & to grow can mean to develop ->  a plant requires food for development  a plant requires food for development & a new plant undergoes early development ->  a new plant requires food for early development  a new plant requires food for early development & a seed is used for storing food for a new plant -> a seed stores food to use during early development