Coastal Erosion
Across
- 2. the line where the land meets the sea
- 3. an extended area of rock surface
- 4. the time of low water
- 5. an abnormal rise in sea level caused by a cyclone or storm
- 7. a malleable rock surface
- 8. a wave breaking on the shore
- 11. a minute portion
- 13. an angular indentation in an object
- 14. a wave that wears away or erodes the coast
- 18. a strong current below a body of water
- 19. the directional change of a wave
- 20. the top or peak of a wave
- 22. an indentation of a shoreline
- 25. a thing, person or group that protects
- 27. a force agaist an object or liquid
- 29. an amount of force or ______
- 30. a large body of water
- 31. an unusually large wave caused by an earthquake
- 33. the time of high water
- 34. a soft, white, powdery limestone
- 35. the foamy top of a wave
- 36. the part of the shore of an ocean
- 38. small grains of ____ cover a majority of a beach
Down
- 1. a sand bar connecting an island to the mainland or another island
- 3. a type of rock that is resistant to being destroyed or eroded
- 6. the wearing away of a rock formation
- 9. a rock formation with a resemblance to a bridge
- 10. a protected natural area
- 12. a sand hill or ridge
- 14. a wave that deposits material on a beach
- 15. the power produced by a wave
- 16. a hollow in a rock formation
- 17. a free standing rock formation
- 21. the outline of a coast
- 23. a rock consisting of calcium carbonate
- 24. a raised body of water
- 26. surrounded by land on both sides
- 28. to rise in waves (as the sea)
- 32. dolphins are an example of a ______ animal
- 37. a high, steep face of rock