Plants absorb phosphates as:

Ion uptake is called active because

$A$ : Most minerals must enter the root by active absorption into the cytoplasm of epidermal cells.
$R$ : Minerals are present in the soil as charged particles.

For the uptake of ions in the second phase of absorption of minerals,the pathway followed is called

In the initial phase of mineral absorption,ions are taken up:

Inorganic nutrients are present in the soil in the form of