Across
- 5. the bottom of a sea or ocean
- 7. waves causes pebbles to hit off each other and break up
- 10. a land for created by deposition. An area of coastal grassland that is regularly flooded by seawater.
- 12. type of weathering caused by the action of rocks being broken down b without chemical change
- 13. rush of seawater up the beach after the breaking of a wave. Water rushed up the beach as...
- 14. action waves hit cliffs and forces air into cracks
- 15. waves continually carry material on and off land
- 17. rain water and co2 forms weak carbonic acid that dissolves limestone
- 19. natural movement of the air, the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
- 20. distance over which wind blows
- 22. waves pick up beach material hits the cliff stones and grind the rock away
Down
- 1. a small wave or series of waves on the surface of water, caused by a slight breeze or an object dropping into it.
- 2. type of weathering were rocks are broken down by e.g acid which dissolves the rock.
- 3. motion of receding waves. Water returns to sea as...
- 4. the barrier between land and sea
- 6. drift movement of sediments along the coastline
- 8. water seeps into rock crack freezes at night and expands and breaks the rock
- 9. weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils, minerals, etc. through contact with the atmosphere.
- 11. layer peels away like onion skin
- 16. prevailing wind in the united kingdom
- 18. type of weathering caused by the actions of plants and wildlife damage rock
- 21. process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
- 23. when sea water dissolves in certain rock types
