Across
- 6. a type of coastal erosion when waves hurl beach materials at the base of the cliffs.
- 7. the process of something being worn away.
- 9. a wave that builds up the beach front through its strong swash.
- 10. the water that rushes up the beach.
- 11. a wave that erodes beach fronts by its strong backwash.
- 12. distance over which the wind has blown.
- 13. rainwater freezes in a rock forcing it to expand.
- 14. the process of rocks bumping against each other making them rounder and smoother.
- 15. when rocks are heated then cooled causing them to expand and contract then peeling.
- 16. when rain water is slightly acidic and causing the rock to dissolve.
Down
- 1. when certain types of cliff erode as a result of weak acids in the sea.
- 2. animals and plant burrowing into rocks forcing them to expand.
- 3. the wearing away of coastal rock by the impact of crashing waves against the coast.
- 4. when eroded material is moved from one place to another.
- 5. the water that roles back into the sea.
- 8. eroded and transported material is put down somewhere new.