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Activity sheet – R3 Rocks and What are the uses of rocks Landscapes

Rocks have many uses; they can be extracted to provide raw materials for industry or used as building stone. They provide opportunities for water supplies, the soils that develop enable farming while the distinctive landscapes offer opportunities for leisure and recreation.

Complete the table below to show the opportunities and uses of the different types of rock.

Rock Resource for farming Water supply Scenery Type extraction Granite Mainly sheep Bleak and farming on poor windswept, it pastures and in forms wild harsh moorland that environmental is attractive conditions. for outdoor activities. Chalk Quarried to be Reasonably manufactured into fertile land used cement for sheep farming and Source of lime for some arable industry and farming crops such as (to neutralise acidic wheat and soils). barley. Clay Fertile soils but Featureless with a tendency landscape not to become especially waterlogged. attractive. Mostly used as grazing for sheep or cattle. Limestone Generally thin Resurgence upland soils used can provide a for grazing water supply. sheep.