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Tidal Energy

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     challenging words:    tidal, gravity, power, future, waves, caption, turbine, system, building, world, suitable, through, tide, solar, whole, collect
     content words:    Rance River, United States

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Tidal Energy
By Meg Leonard 		  
1     Caption: Dam of the tidal power plant of the Rance River, France
 
2     Tidal energy is energy from the tides. The tides are found in the ocean. Tides are caused by gravity. Gravity from the sun and moon pulls on the water in earth's oceans. This pull causes tides. Scientists have found out how to collect energy from the tides. As the tide flows in, the water flows through a special dam. Then the tidal energy is gathered. This is done with a turbine system. It is hard to find good places to collect tidal energy .....
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