Name: ______________________
Date: ____________
Period: ______
Intrusive Igneous Rock Bodies
What does INTRUSIVE mean? (Have you ever felt like you were INTRUDED upon…?)
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Cooled Magma is called…
So what is an INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS rock body…?
INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK BODY –
ALSO KNOWN AS
5 TYPES
Please use your book and list DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS of the 5 types of PLUTONS.
1. Batholith
2. Stock
3. Laccolith
4. Sill
5. Dike
Name: ______________________
Date: ____________
Period: ______
Please use the information from your charts on the front of this worksheet (DEFINING
CHARACTERISTICS of PLUTONS) to label the diagram below. Please fill in each one of
the blanks on the diagram with one of the types of plutons from the box below.
BATHOLITH
LACCOLITH
STOCK
SILL
DIKE
1. What is the difference between a SILL and a DIKE?
2. What is the difference between a BATHOLITH and a STOCK?
3. What makes a LACCOLITH different from the other four types of plutons?