Plants take in salt dissolved in water through their roots. Animals obtain most of their salt from food but may supplement it by licking natural salt deposits.
For Health e.g. calcium and iron.
Collagen
Common examples are: calcite, calcium carbonate, halite, sylvite, gypsum etc.
They can be silicates or vanadates, nitrates or chlorides, carbonates or arsenides etc.
A pearl, primarily calcium carbonate, is formed by oysters and some other mollusks.
The Earthworm eliminates by means of nephrdia.
water and dissolved mineral salts enter the root hairs from the soil.then the water travels up through xylem vessels in the roots,stem,leaves
water and dissolved mineral salts enter the root hairs from the soil.then the water travels up through xylem vessels in the roots,stem,leaves
Mineral salts are not foods.
Some expensive or rare mineral salts must be recycled.
The cause is the irrational use of fertilizers.
Bones are hard and contain mineral salts.
The halide mineral group.
Urine is composed of water, urea, and excess mineral salts.
Potassium mineral salts are used for making some of the enzymes the plants don't need. Potassium mineral salts are used for making some of the enzymes the plants need. Or cheese?......
i believe salts are neither, as they are classified as a mineral
Salts are absorbed by the roots.