Across
- 5. The area of the beach covered by water during high tide but exposed during low tide
- 7. Measure of the dissolved solids in seawater commonly expressed in parts per thousand
- 9. Have rounded, long crests
- 10. ____ base is the depth at which the circular orbits of water cease
- 11. Tides that progressively cover a nearshore area until high tide is reached
- 12. ____ zone is the sunlight layer of the ocean where plants photosynthesize
- 16. The distance a wave producing wind blows over a continuous body of water
- 17. Finger like projection of a beach into a body of water such as a bay
- 18. Top of the wave
- 19. A coast where the land has risen with respect to sea level
- 22. The distance between the crest of waves
- 24. Tides that result from the combined gravitational force oof the aligned Moon and Sun
- 26. ___ bar is a spit that has grown until it closes off a bay from the open sea or lake
- 27. Tides that occur when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to one another
- 28. Deep sea sediments composed mostly of shells of marine animals and plants
- 30. A coast that occurs where sea level rises with respect to the land or the land subsides
- 31. A current resulting from wave refraction found between the breaker zone and a beach that flows parallel to the shoreline
- 33. A narrow surface current that flows out to sea through the breaker zone
- 34. ___ zone is the depth in the ocean below which sunlight does not penetrate
- 35. Part of the backshore, composed of sediment deposited by waves
Down
- 1. The area between mean low tide and the highest level on land affected by storm waves
- 2. A wave that steepens as it enters shallow water until its crest plunges forward
- 3. Large scale surface water circulation systems in the oceans that transfer heat across latitudes and help control regional temperatures
- 4. Marginal parts of oceans
- 5. The reef that results from a building up of coral attached to an island or continent
- 6. ___ height is the vertical distance from trough to crest
- 8. ____ terrace is formed when a wave cut platform is uplifted above sea level
- 9. The area between mean low tide and the highest level on land affected by storm waves
- 12. Isolated beaches in protected embayments
- 13. A deposit of unconsolidated sediment that extends landward from low tide to a change in topography or to where permanent vegetation begins
- 14. The area of the beach that is usually dry and covered by water only during storms or exceptionally high tides
- 15. Forms around a subsiding volcanic island
- 20. A spit that extends from the shoreline and connects an island to the mainland
- 21. An island composed of sand and separated from the mainland by a lagoon
- 22. Beach with a small berm, coarser sediment, and offshore sand bars parallel to the shoreline
- 23. Bottom of the wave
- 25. Part of a shoreline commonly bounded by cliffs, that extend out into the sea or a lake
- 29. Includes the shoreline as well as an area of indefinite width seaward and landward of the shoreline
- 30. A beach with a wide berm, a gently sloping beach face and a smooth offshore profile
- 32. The force primarily responsible for tides