Unit 5 Review

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Across
  1. 2. Runs parallel to the shore. Marks normal limit of sand deposition by water.
  2. 4. Biogenous sediment can form these on the ocean floor. Gross.
  3. 7. It can tell you a sediment's origin
  4. 8. Formed by rising sea levels "drowning" rivers. Drowned River ______
  5. 12. Section of the beach nearest the water.
  6. 13. The immediate area wear land meets water. You know this one fo' ____________
  7. 14. Sediment from once living creatures. Mainly shells.
  8. 15. Sediment that is roughly the same size in diameter. (2 words)
  9. 16. A steady or growing coast that accumulates sediment
  10. 17. The movement of sediment parallel to the shoreline by wave action. Longshore _________
  11. 18. Section of the beach where you'll find dunes and grasses
Down
  1. 1. Can form at the mouths of large rivers that deposit sediment into the ocean
  2. 3. Space glass found at the bottom of the ocean
  3. 5. This type of sediment is "out of this world!"
  4. 6. A zone of loose particles that covers all or part of the shore
  5. 7. Larger zone than the shore. Includes all areas affected by the boundary of ocean/land
  6. 9. Type of of shoreline where the dominant process is the removal of material
  7. 10. Shallow body of saltwater separated from the open ocean
  8. 11. A land bridge that leads to some sea islands
  9. 14. Type of island formed by buildup of sediment just offshore.