Wave Erosion-Gabriel Rodriguez

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Across
  1. 2. Large ocean waves are the result of powerful ______ far out at sea.
  2. 4. Waves are the major force of _____ along coasts.
  3. 6. One way waves can erode is by ____.
  4. 7. Large waves ____ rocks along the shore with great force.
  5. 10. Formed as waves hollow out the cliff:_____
  6. 14. Waves shape the coast through erosion by breaking down rock and transporting _____ (and other sediment)
  7. 15. an area of wave-washed sediment along a coast:______.
  8. 16. When the wave hits land, the sediment wears away rock like ______.
  9. 17. formed when sea caves on either side of a headland join:______
  10. 19. A _____ forms when storm waves pile up large amounts of sand above sea level, forming a long narrow island parallel to the coast.
Down
  1. 1. The energy in_______comes from wind that blows across the water’s surface.
  2. 3. As the wave moves towards shallow water, it picks up ______.
  3. 5. ______form as a result of deposition by longshore drift.
  4. 7. _____ are a part of the shore that sticks out into the ocean.
  5. 8. leftstanding when a sea arch collapses:_____.
  6. 9. A ______ is a long ridge of sand parallel to the shore.
  7. 11. Ordinary______ can produce waves in lakes or small ponds
  8. 12. As waves repeatedly hit the beach, some of the beach sediment moves down the beach with the current- called __________
  9. 13. Waves can also erode by _____.
  10. 18. Abrasion is the wearing away of ____ by a grinding action.