KS4 Coasts Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The breaking down of rock.
  2. 4. When water pressure cracks/breaks rock.
  3. 7. A depositional landform which connects an island to mainland.
  4. 8. An area of soft rock surrounded by two headlands.
  5. 9. An area of hard rock which sticks out to sea.
  6. 11. A depositional landform which connects two headlands.
  7. 14. Large boulders placed to absorb wave energy.
  8. 16. When rocks collide breaking one another down.
  9. 17. A depositional landform which sticks out from the coast.
  10. 18. When a coastline has alternating layers of rock.
  11. 19. The part of a wave which travels up the beach.
Down
  1. 1. A structure build across a beach to stop longshoredrift and build up sediment.
  2. 3. The zig zag movement of sediment along a beach.
  3. 5. When a coastline has the same layer of rock.
  4. 6. When rocks scrap away at cliffs/river banks.
  5. 10. When sediment is left behind and built up.
  6. 12. When rocks dissolve into the water.
  7. 13. The part of the wave which travels towards the sea.
  8. 15. Rocks in cages placed in coastal areas to absorb wave energy.