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Plants get trace elements - micro nutrients from the soil or from fertilizer supplied by the grower. Animals get micro nutrients from plants. Humans can by food fortified with micro nutrients eg calcium in milk.

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so they can reproduce so they can reproduce

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diagnose disease.

helps maintain and recovering health

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They are elements that can be used to give a rough estimate on how old an object is by measuring that elements half- lifes. For more information type Radioactive Decay into www.Google.com

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because they are part of an element

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