Answer Key

Deposition

Process in which sediment is laid down in new location

Erosion

The destructive process in which water , wind or gravity loosens and carries away fragment rock

Spit

A beach that projects like a finger out into the water

Longshore Drift

A process in which beach sediment moves down the beach with the current

Beach

Area of wave-washed sediment along a coast

Sea Cave

Formed as wave action hollows out the cliff

Sandbar

Formed by wave action

Sea Arch

Formed when sea caves on either side of the headland join

Head Land

Is a part of the shore that sticks out into the ocean

Sea Stack

Left standing when a sea arch collapes