Roots don't really produce minerals, they're the "storage facility" of a plant, so your answer is "to produce minerals" : D
Potential energy is the stored energy in any object or system by virtue of its position or arrangement of parts. However, it isn't affected by the environment outside of the object or system, such as air or height. On the other hand, kinetic energy is the energy of an object or a system's particles in motion.
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9. Normal tides would remain the same but neap and spring tide cycle would be cut in half. Meaning if there was a neap tide after every 14 days it would come 2 times faster (after every 7 days)
C. pass those traits on to future generations
the offspring has a 50% chance of having black feathers and a 50% chance of white feathers