ESL5 (1-2): Socail Studies Coastal Features

a place where the land meets the ocean and sea

• coast

• sea shore

• beach

• island

The world has about ____________ km of coastline.

• 31020

• 312,000

• 31000

• 3120

the land along the coast

• coast

• island

• volcono

• sea shore

Some ___________ have a strip of sand, shingle, pebbles or mud at the edge of the sea.
It is called_____________.

• sea shore ; coast

• coast ; beach

• sea shore ; beach

• volcano ; sea shore

Sometimes there are _______ and ________ behind the beach.

• cliffs

• sand dunes

• buildings

• people

The shape of the coast changes all the time because of action of the ________ and _______.

• fire

• ice cubes

• wind

• waves

a series of cliffs, bays, and rocky towers called......

• stacks

• inland

• estuaries

• mudflats

When the rocks are soft, the waves wear away the land, moving the coast ________.

• inland

• outland

• nothing changes

• little change

Where the rocks are hard, there may be _________.

• outland

• big change

• little change

• nothing changes

Some of the largest inlets on the coast are..........

• estuaries

• current

• mudflats

• sheltered parts