Year 8 Coasts Key Words

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Across
  1. 3. Sediment is dropped
  2. 10. Broken rock is carried away by the waves
  3. 12. materials carried by the waves hit each other
  4. 15. the movement of water down the beach
  5. 17. particles are carried within the water
  6. 18. dissolved chemicals often derived from chalk
  7. 19. hard rocks which are left jutting out to sea
Down
  1. 1. direction that the wind blows most often
  2. 2. type of wave with strong swash and weak backwash
  3. 4. the water flowing towards a beach when a wave breaks
  4. 5. large pebbles rolled along the seabed
  5. 6. type of action that erodes a rock surface
  6. 7. materials carried by the waves hit rocks
  7. 8. how do waves form?
  8. 9. type of high every wave created in storm conditions
  9. 11. the distance the wind blows over
  10. 13. area of soft rock which has been worn away
  11. 14. Where the land meets the sea
  12. 16. a 'bouncing' or 'leap-frogging' motion of particles