Coasts Keywords Year 8

3. An isolated pinnacle of rock sticking out if the sea.
6. A hollowed out feature at the base of an eroding cliff.
8. Building artificial structures such as seawalls aimed at controlling natural processes.
10. A wave formed by a local storm that crashes down onto a beach and has a powerful backwash.
12. The effect of rocks being flung at the cliff by powerful waves
13. Air is forced into the cracks in the cliff by the waves which then breaks bits off

1. A powerful wave with a strong swash that surges up a beach.
2. The backward movement of water down a beach when a wave has broken.
4. A promontory of land jutting out into the sea.
5. The transport of sediment along a stretch of coastline caused by waves approaching the beach at an angle.
7. A headland that has been partly broken through by the sea to form a thin-roofed arch.
9. A deposit of sand or shingle at the coast, often found at the head of a bay.
11. The forward movement of a wave up the beach.