Coastal Management

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Across
  1. 1. A segement of the Earth's crust that is slowly moving due to convection currents in the mantle
  2. 3. The thin outer layer of the Earth also referred to as the lithosphere
  3. 5. Waves break up the beach at an angle carrying particles along the beach
  4. 7. The boundaries between two plates are moving away from each other
  5. 8. The boundaries between two plates are moving back and forth on each other
  6. 10. Water that returns to the ocean after a wave breaks
  7. 11. Where the plates meet are refered to as
  8. 14. Depositing of sand and rock particles caused by wind and wave action
  9. 16. The boundaries between two plates are moving towards each other
  10. 17. Weathering, erosion and deposition are all forms of
  11. 18. Scientist who believed the world continents were joined together which he called Pangaea
  12. 19. t\The layer between the Earth's core and its crust
Down
  1. 2. A natural geographical feature or shape that appears on the Earth's surface
  2. 3. Small low-energy waves that deposit sand onto beaches
  3. 4. The process that broke Pangaea
  4. 6. Large waves formed by tropical cyclones and storms that erode material from beaches
  5. 9. A mountain resulting from folding on the Earth's crust
  6. 12. The process, caused by waves hitting the coast an an angle, that is responsible for moving sand along the coast
  7. 13. Part of the Earth's surface
  8. 15. The removal of rock and sand particles as a result of wind and wave action