Shoreline Erosion

What are the 2 basic ingredients needs to make sand?

• Rock & Wave Energy

• Rock & Water

• Wave Energy and Water

• Water & Rock

the place where land and water meet

• Shoreline

• Beach

• Ocean

• Sea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Wind moving across the surface of the ocean makes ripples called _____________________.

• Tides

• Waves

• Currents

• Bubbles

Groups of waves are called _______________?

• Wave Currents

• Wave Groups

• Wave Series

• Wave Trains

The breaking of waves is called ________________?

• surf

• wave period

• crest

• trough

The time in between waves is called ___________________.

• wave train

• wave period

• wave length

• wave time

_____________ are formed when wave erodes and undercuts rock on the shoreline.

• Sea cave

• sea stack

• headlands

• sea cliff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

______________ are offshore columns of resistant rock that were once connected to the mainland.

• Sea Cliff

• Sea Arch

• Sea Stack

• Sea Cave

A sea cave that cuts completely through the rock is called _____________________________.

• Sea Stack

• Sea Arches

• Headland

• Wave Cut Terrace

Large wholes cut along the base of the cliff are called ____________________.

• Sea Stack

• Sea Cave

• Headlands

• Wave cut terrace

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2