Coastal Erosional Landforms - Plenary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• headland: a high area of land made of resistant rock that extends out into the sea (8).
• bay: a low-lying inlet of land on the coast formed from erosion of softer rock (3).
• cliff: a steep, high rock face formed by weathering and erosion (5).
• wave cut notch: an area of erosion at the base of a cliff formed by waves (4,3,5).
• wave cut platform: a flat area in front of a cliff, just below the low tide mark formed when waves erode the cliff and leave a flat platform behind (4,3,8).
• cave: a large hole in a cliff caused by waves forcing their way into cracks in the cliff face (4).
• arch: a passage that cuts through the cliff face which began as a cave and was widened and deepened through erosion (4).
• stack: an isolated pillar of rock left when the top of an arch collapses (5).
• stump: a rock formation left behind after a stack collapses (5).