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    This document provides notes on rocks and minerals for a 5th grade class. It includes questions with answers about key terms like igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks, fossils, minerals, and how resources like coal, petroleum and various rocks are formed over long periods of time. Uses of coal, petroleum and rocks/minerals are also discussed.

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    INTERNATIONAL INDIAN SCHOOL, JEDDAH

    III-V Block

    CLASS: V Lesson 9 : Rocks & Minerals Notes

    Answer to the exercises;


    A. Tick the right answer: 1. Igneous rocks 2. Magma 3. Fossils 4. Metamorphic rocks

    B. Fill in the blanks: 1. Mines 2. Marble 3. Ores 4. Petroleum

    C. Match the following: 1- d, 2-b, 3-e, 4-a , 5-c

    D. Put true or false: 1 – true, 2- false, 3-false, 4- true, 5- true.

    E. What are the following made of : a) red sandstone. b) white marble. C) slate

    d) granite.

    F. Name the following: 1. Diamond. 2. Slate, marble & gneiss 3. Mica & Feldspar

    4. Petrol & diesel oil 5. Granite & pumice

    G. Answer the following questions:

    1. What are fossils?


    Ans. Fossils are the remains of ancient plants and animals like bones, footprints, feathers,
    leaf prints etc. that got buried in sedimentary rocks several years ago.
    2. How are sedimentary rocks formed?
    Ans. Sedimentary rocks are formed by the accumulation of sediments like mud, pebbles,
    gravel, sand etc on the beds of rivers and oceans in layers. These sediments gradually
    hardens to form rocks.
    3. Define mineral.
    Ans. The inorganic substances found in the rocks in the form of crystals are called
    minerals.
    4. How is coal formed?
    Ans. Coal is formed from the dead plants and trees that got buried under the soil several
    years ago. This plant material were subjected to great heat and pressure, after millions
    of years they changed into coal.
    5. Mention two uses of coal.
    Ans. 1. Coal is used as a fuel for cooking food and in thermal powerhouses to produce
    electricity.
    2. Coal is used for the manufacture of coal gas, pitch etc.
    6.Explain the formation of petroleum.
    Ans. a) Petroleum is formed from the decomposition of organic matter, both animals
    and vegetables (plants) which got buried under the soil millions of years ago.
    b) The chemicals in them got converted into Petroleum.
    7. Mention some uses of rocks and minerals.
    Ans 1. Rocks like marble, granite, stones etc are used as building materials.
    2.The precious stones obtained from rocks like diamond, rubies, emeralds etc are
    used in ornaments.
    3.Minerals like nitrate, phosphate, sulphate etc are used as fertilizers in soil to get

    high yield of crops.

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