Geography crossword
Across
- 5. plants and animals weaken rocks and make cracks in them
- 6. water penetrates into cracks then freezes and expands breaking the rock
- 7. they break on the shore and deposit material, building up beaches
- 8. the process whereby beach material is gradually shifted as result of waves meeting the shore at an angle
- 9. wind that blows from a usual direction
- 12. rocks or grains deposited on banks worn away for a long time
- 14. when rock is heated then cooled, they expand and the rock peels
- 15. when certain types of cliff erode as a result of weak acid in the sea
Down
- 1. action the wearing away of costal rock by the impact of crashing waves
- 2. carrying matter deposited by water
- 3. rocks react with the weak acid in the rain
- 4. to dash water and sediment around and down
- 10. the process of rocks and pebbles bumping into each other
- 11. when waves pick up beach materials and hurl them at the base of the cliff
- 13. the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water or waves