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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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1. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Hydropower
Cracking
1 -500 C

2. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Wind
1 -500 C
The Resin Identification Code

3. Another word for virgin
The Grand Coulee Dam
Hoover Dam
Primary
Smelting

4. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
Biomass
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Annealed
85% of aluminum

5. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Three Gorges Dam
Origin of plastic
16% of California's energy

6. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
Old scrap
94.4% of aluminum
20% of Code 1 Plastics
95% reduction in air pollution

7. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
80% of raw glass material
Cracking
Smelting
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

8. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Hoover Dam
Virgin
56% of paper consumed in the US
Smelting

9. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
Home scrap
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
11.8% of California's energy
Biomass

10. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
The Grand Coulee Dam
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Secondary
1 -500 C

11. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
40% of landfill material
Origin of plastic
Home scrap
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

12. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
56% of paper consumed in the US

13. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
The Grand Coulee Dam
Wind
80% of the recycled glass market

14. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
79% of all glass beverage containers
Thermoset polymers
11.8% of California's energy
Three Gorges Dam

15. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Primary
Wind
Geothermal energy
Hoover Dam

16. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Smelting
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
20% of Code 1 Plastics
80% of the recycled glass market

17. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Annealed
11.8% of California's energy
50% of aluminum

18. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
80% of the recycled glass market
Prompt industrial scrap
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Hydropower

19. The number of times paper can be reused.
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Five to seven times
Polyethylene

20. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
The Aswan Dam
Smelting
Hydropower

21. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
79% of all glass beverage containers
Three Gorges Dam
20% of Code 1 Plastics

22. Melting point of glass
Cracking
1 -500 C
Bayer refining process
The Aswan Dam

23. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Transportation uses
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Thermoplastic polymers
Home scrap

24. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
The Aswan Dam
Wind
Sustainability
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

25. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
1 -500 C
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Origin of plastic
Solar energy

26. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
20% of Code 1 Plastics
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
The Resin Identification Code
16% of California's energy

27. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
5% of plastic produced in the US
Resin
56% of paper consumed in the US

28. Have a structure with links between the chains - forming a rigid - three - dimensional network. When thermoset polymers are heated - they chemically decompose and cannot be reformed into different shapes.
Secondary
Annealed
Thermoset polymers
80% of the recycled glass market

29. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Biomass
80% of the recycled glass market
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Origin of plastic

30. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
Home scrap
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Thermoplastic polymers
The Grand Coulee Dam

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
Transportation uses
Hydropower
Old scrap
Thermoset polymers

32. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
60% of the energy required to make new glass
80% of the recycled glass market
Old scrap
50% of aluminum

33. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
1 -500 C
Resin
10% of gasoline in California
Thermoset polymers

34. Famous hydroelectric dams
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Thermoplastic polymers
Biomass

35. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
Annealed
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Hoover Dam
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

36. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Resins coded with numbers
The Resin Identification Code
Primary

37. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Bayer refining process
Old scrap
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Origin of plastic

38. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
94.4% of aluminum
Bauxite Ore
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Hoover Dam

39. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
Old scrap
The Grand Coulee Dam
94.4% of aluminum
Biomass

40. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Resins coded with numbers
40% of landfill material
Sustainability
10% of gasoline in California

41. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Solar energy
Itaipu Dam
Smelting

42. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Thermoplastic polymers
60% of the energy required to make new paper
79% of all glass beverage containers
Home scrap

43. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
40% of landfill material
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
5% of plastic produced in the US
The Resin Identification Code

44. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
94.4% of aluminum
Solar energy
Thermoplastic polymers
Geothermal energy

45. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
Transportation uses
60% of the energy required to make new paper
56% of paper consumed in the US
1 -500 C

46. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Old scrap
1 -500 C
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Annealed

47. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Geothermal energy
1 -500 C
Sustainability

48. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
The Grand Coulee Dam
Resins coded with numbers
Prompt industrial scrap
50% of aluminum

49. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Prompt industrial scrap
Solar energy
Secondary
Biomass

50. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Prompt industrial scrap
Cracking
Solar energy
Thermoplastic polymers