Multiple choice

Mineral elements can be classified into

  1. micronutrients and macronoutrients

  2. essential and non essential

  3. major elements and trace elements

  4. all the three are correct

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Mineral elements can indeed be classified in all three ways: as micronutrients/macronutrients based on quantity needed, as essential/non-essential based on whether plants require them for completion of their life cycle, and as major/trace elements based on their concentration in plant tissue.