- A plant / living thing requires nutrients to grow
- Soil provides nutrients for plants
- So, soil provides nutrients that plants need to grow

- Soil provides nutrients that plants need to grow
- Some minerals are nutrients
- Hence, soil provides minerals that plants need to grow

- Soil provides minerals that plants need to grow
- Soil is a kind of resource
- Therefore, soil is a kind of resource that provides minerals that plants need to grow

Hence, soil is a kind of resource that provides minerals that plants need to grow
Question
Which resource provides the minerals plants need to grow?

Context
- Soil is a kind of resource 
- Some minerals are nutrients 
- A plant / living thing requires nutrients to grow 
- Soil provides nutrients for plants