Marian B. Jacobs

This book describes oceans as bodies of water that surround continents. This book has maps of the world with labels on all of the world’s oceans. There are questions that ask the reader to identify the different oceans around the world. The book defines tides and concepts specific to tides such as gravity, tidal bulge, tidal rhythms, river tides, and tidal zones. There is a page on the use of tidal energy to produce electricity and the how tides affect people. Throughout the book there are vocabulary words that are in bold letters. There is a glossary to assist the reader with the vocabulary words and a website where readers can learn more about tides.… (meer)