Coastal Wordsearch Answers
Across
A small crustacean with a cone shaped shell which clings in clusters to boats and rocks, forming a sharp crust (8).
Barnacle
Really huge fish which feeds on plankton in Cornish seas in summer (7 and 5).
Basking shark
The place where the land meets the sea (5)
Coast
Long, thin, slippery fish (3)
Eel
Sort out these letters to find a marine mammal: HIPLOND (7)
Dolphin
The place where a river meets the sea and fresh water meets salt water. Birds come here to eat the worms and shellfish in the mud and sand (7)
Estuary
Down
Sea creatures which are caught, even though they are not meant to be, are known as __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (7).
Bycatch
A limpet clings onto this (4)
Rock
Sandy, shingly, pebbly or rocky place where we like to play, and where we might find sea creatures that have been washed ashore (5)
Beach
A sea mammal which breeds on rocky shores and caves (4)
Seal
It looks like a blob of jelly when the tide is out, but when it is underwater it uses tentacles to catch its prey: SEA __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (7)
Anemone
Forests of this tall seaweed stand under the waves close to shore (4)
Kelp