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TASKS

1. Work in pairs. Write a text about the mechanism of a tidal energy central. Then, explain it with drawings in the class.

2. Find the correct definition of the words in the headline.

rotation

shore

dam

barrage

sluice

ebb

 

A wall built across a river to stop the water from flowing, especially in order to create a lake or to help to produce electric power.

 

 

A wall built across a river in order to control the level of the water.

 

Barrage

A passage that water flows along, with a gate called a sluice gate that can be opened or closed to control the flow.

 

 

Movement in a circle around the Earth. The Earth rotates 360 degrees every 24 hours generating the days and nights.

 

 

The process in which the sea level on a coast becomes lower.

 

 

The land that is on the edge of a lake, river, or sea.

 

 

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I.E. S. "Estuaria"  (Huelva)  - 2008

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