1. Vocabulary Terms Shorelines Wave Trains Surf Wave Period Sea Cliff
Sea Stacks
Sea Arches
Sea Caves

2. Vocabulary Activity Directions
Open brown paper bag and choose a word (there are 8 words altogether)
Read the term and the definition for each word in the bag.
As you read the definition and the words complete your graphic organizer by either writing the definition or the term
After completing the terms and definitions, look at the pictures to determine which picture represents each of the terms.
Draw a picture to represent each term on your graphic organizer

3. Wave Trains
Waves that travel in groups

4. Shoreline
A place where the land and body of water meet

5. Surf
The breaking of waves

6. Sea Cliff
When waves erodes and undercuts the rock resulting in a steep slope.

7. Wave Period
The time interval between breaking waves. Usually 10s to 20s

8. Sea Stacks
Off shore columns of resistant rock that once connected to the mainland

9. Sea Arches
Forms when ocean wave action continues to erode through a sea cave cutting completely through the rock.

10. Sea Caves
Forms when ocean waves cut large holes into fractured or weaken rock along the base of sea cliffs. Sea caves are commonly made from sedimentary rock.