Answer:
I am a certain five-letter word and become shorter when you add two letters to me. What am I?
I am a time for gathering crops. Remove the first three letters and I become an object you can wear.
I am the kind of a tree that is carried in your hand. What am I?
I am the minerals vital for your good health.
I was was before was was was.
What do you purposefully put lots of in and on your body, but run away from when you encounter it outside?