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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
79% of all glass beverage containers
1 -500 C
40% of landfill material

2. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
Cracking
5% of plastic produced in the US
10% of gasoline in California
60% of the energy required to make new paper

3. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
80% of raw glass material
Bayer refining process
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Resin

4. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
The Aswan Dam
Prompt industrial scrap
Smelting
Itaipu Dam

5. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
94.4% of aluminum
56% of paper consumed in the US
Three Gorges Dam
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

6. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Transportation uses
80% of the recycled glass market
Biomass
Annealed

7. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
40% of landfill material
Secondary
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Itaipu Dam

8. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
40% of landfill material
Itaipu Dam
56% of paper consumed in the US
85% of aluminum

9. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Wind
Hydropower
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Resins coded with numbers

10. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
The Grand Coulee Dam
Secondary
Resin

11. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
85% of aluminum
Prompt industrial scrap
Wind
Hydropower

12. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
Geothermal energy
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Cullet
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

13. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Smelting
Biomass
Geothermal energy
60% of the energy required to make new glass

14. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
Bayer refining process
Virgin
1 -500 C
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

15. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Itaipu Dam
Biomass
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Three Gorges Dam

16. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Home scrap
Cullet
Hoover Dam
Geothermal energy

17. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
Origin of plastic
40% of landfill material
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
60% of the energy required to make new paper

18. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
79% of all glass beverage containers
56% of paper consumed in the US
Transportation uses
Resin

19. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
10% of gasoline in California
80% of the recycled glass market
Bauxite Ore
16% of California's energy

20. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Smelting
Hydropower
Itaipu Dam
The Resin Identification Code

21. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
Solar energy
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Wind
40% of landfill material

22. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
The Resin Identification Code
Geothermal energy
Prompt industrial scrap
Origin of plastic

23. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
Five to seven times
10% of gasoline in California
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
16% of California's energy

24. Percent of California's energy that comes from hydroelectric plants

25. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Transportation uses
Annealed
20% of Code 1 Plastics

26. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
Three Gorges Dam
Wind
Origin of plastic
Five to seven times

27. Percent of California's energy that comes from renewable resources (excluding hydroelectric plants

28. Melting point of glass
Prompt industrial scrap
1 -500 C
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
80% of raw glass material

29. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Sustainability
Smelting
The Aswan Dam

30. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
1 -500 C
50% of aluminum
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

31. The use of the kinetic energy in moving water such as rivers or tidal currents to generate electricity. The most widely used form of renewable energy
Virgin
Itaipu Dam
The Resin Identification Code
Hydropower

32. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Resins coded with numbers
Hoover Dam
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Primary

33. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
Cracking
80% of the recycled glass market
85% of aluminum
Thermoplastic polymers

34. Another word for virgin
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Hydropower
56% of paper consumed in the US
Primary

35. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Cullet
Thermoplastic polymers
Resins coded with numbers
50% of aluminum

36. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
Bauxite Ore
Resin
5% of plastic produced in the US
Polyethylene

37. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
20% of Code 1 Plastics
50% of aluminum
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Home scrap

38. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
80% of the recycled glass market
Cracking
Primary
94.4% of aluminum

39. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
Geothermal energy
5% of plastic produced in the US
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Primary

40. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
85% of aluminum
79% of all glass beverage containers
Sustainability
Cracking

41. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Cracking
Prompt industrial scrap
Smelting
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

42. Famous hydroelectric dams
79% of all glass beverage containers
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
20% of Code 1 Plastics
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

43. The number of times paper can be reused.
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Five to seven times
94.4% of aluminum
Cullet

44. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
95% reduction in air pollution
Thermoset polymers
85% of aluminum
11.8% of California's energy

45. The simplest plastic polymer.
Itaipu Dam
40% of landfill material
Solar energy
Polyethylene

46. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
Cracking
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
The Resin Identification Code
Geothermal energy

47. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Secondary
94.4% of aluminum
Old scrap
Sustainability

48. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Cracking
Cullet

49. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
11.8% of California's energy
Wind
Itaipu Dam
Bayer refining process

50. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
Old scrap
1 -500 C
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
10% of gasoline in California