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1. | A gently sloping rocky platform which remain when cliffs of hard rock are eroded away. |
3. | A steep or vertical rock face found along many coastlines. |
4. | Waves that create a steep beach as breaking waves plunge downwards and the backwash pulls sand and pebbles out to sea. |
6. | What happens where the flow of water slows down or waves lose energy in sheltered bays. |
7. | A wave that rushes up the beach |
9. | a type of weathering resulting from water getting into cracks and turning to ice. |
10. | A long, narrow beach which sticks out to sea. |
12. | The zig-zag pattern of sediment being moved along a coast. |
13. | Deposits of mud that have built up in the sheltered water behind a spit. |
15. | Where rocks like chalk are weathered by rainwater that is made slightly acidic due to it absorbing CO2 from the air. |
18. | A wave that is flowing back to sea down the beach |
19. | When fragments of rock break away from a cliff face. |
20. | The 'sand papering' effect of pebbles grinding over a rocky platform, often causing it to become smooth. |
22. | When the sea creates a hole through a headland it is called a ...? |