To know more about natural resources- for primary grade children.

2. TODAY’S TOPIC
IS

3. NATURAL
RESOURCES
MINERALS AND
FUELS
By
J.Jaffeen sherif / class :
VB

4. WARM UP ….
If you had a garden or free space
near your house , then follow these
steps :
1. Dig the place and find a mineral.
2. After founded,
collect information
about what is its name and
what kind it is ,how it is used
And where they are mostly.

5. What are minerals ?
Minerals are substances that are formed
naturally in the Earth. Rocks are made
of minerals. Minerals are usually solid
and also metals like steel , iron ,
magnesium and bronze are made by
minerals.
Minerals can founded in bottom of the
seas or in the mines where most of the
workers dug harder to get .

7. What are fuels ?
Fuels are naturally occurring
substances that are produced that
can be made to react with other
substances so that it releases
energy as thermal energy or to be
used for work. They are not
minerals.

8. generating
electricity and running
steam engines .
India has large deposits of
coal.

9. Petroleum is a VERY useful
Natural resource. It is formed
By the decay of ancient plant
And animal remains on the
ocean floor.

10. We get useful products like kerosene,
diesel,petrol,grease,spirit,and cooking gas from
petroleum. Petroleum is pumped out of the
ground through oil wells. Petrol and diesel are
used as fuels to run vehicles and machines.
Kerosene is used as fuel in stoves used for
cooking.

11. Natural gas is a fossil fuel that is
mixture of various gases. It is found
deep underground
and is used for heating , cooking and
generating
electricity . it is also used to run
vehicles .It
is non-renewable resource.

12. • 1.India is rich in mineral
_________ .
• 2.Petroleum is very
________ resource.
• 3.__________ Is a fossil
fuel that is a mixture of
various gases.
ANSWER:
1. DEPOSITS
2. USEFUL
3. NATURAL GAS

13. WELL DONE

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