1. Vocabulary

2. Foliate
Mineral grains in metamorphic rocks line up in parallel layers.

3. Nonfoliated
When minerals do not arrange in a layers in metamorphic rocks.

4. Sediment
Loose materials such as rock fragments, mineral grains, and bits of shell, that have been moved by wind, water, ice, or gravity.

5. Sedimentary Rock
Forms when sediments are pressed and cemented together, or when minerals form from solutions.

6. Compaction
Small sediment layers are pressed together by forces above to form solid rock.

7. Cementation
Large pieces of sediment are glued together by dissolved materials between each large piece.