The coast Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Oceans & Water has 25 clues. Answers range from 3 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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How many beaches surround Australia?
A coastal zone is an area where sea, land, and air meet to shape_________
The _________ is the actual boundary of land and sea.
Disruptions on the surface of the water are produced by wind blowing over the ocean. These are called ________
______ is the distance over which the wind blows
In deep ocean waters, particles of water _______(turn in a clockwise motion) beneath wave crests
What is the top of a wave called?
What are troughs?
What is the vertical distance between a crest and its trough?
What is the horizontal distance between two crests/troughs called?
What is the ratio of wave height to wave length called?
Swell is all over the place (true/false)
Water that surges up the shore is called______
Water that flows back into the sea is called________
_________=The changing shape of waves and crests as they bend and refract when nearing the shoreline.
Constructive waves: _____ sand to the beach
Destructive waves: water does not __________ into the sand
_____________= rocks being wedged apart with air
___________= Minerals dissolved by sea water
__________= Rock fragments thrown into other rocks by the waves
_________= Rocks ground smaller
Longshore ___________ are produced when the waves that approach the coastline are not exactly parallel to it.
Longshore ______= Sediments moving across the beach in a zig-zag motion.
Vegetation helps to __________ sand dunes
What is Australia's deadliest hazard

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