Coasts Yr 9

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A long narrow opening (5)
  2. 5. An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf (3)
  3. 6. The state of being active (6)
  4. 7. A natural elevation (8)
  5. 14. A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods (14)
  6. 16. A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances (8)

Down

  1. 1. A protective structure of stone or concrete (7)
  2. 2. A protective structure of stone or concrete (6)
  3. 4. A geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of (4)
  4. 8. The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice (8)
  5. 9. The natural process of laying down a ___ of something (10)
  6. 10. The movement or sound of water (5)
  7. 11. A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea (4)
  8. 12. Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind (7)
  9. 13. The base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled (5)
  10. 15. A curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening (4)