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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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1. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Resin
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
11.8% of California's energy
Geothermal energy

2. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
Resin
1 -500 C
Home scrap
85% of aluminum

3. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
80% of the recycled glass market
Prompt industrial scrap
Resins coded with numbers
60% of the energy required to make new paper

4. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
40% of landfill material
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Thermoplastic polymers
95% reduction in air pollution

5. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
80% of the recycled glass market
Smelting
Cullet
40% of landfill material

6. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Annealed
Geothermal energy
79% of all glass beverage containers

7. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
The Aswan Dam
94.4% of aluminum
Hydropower
Secondary

8. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
Sustainability
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Bauxite Ore
Hydropower

9. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
Sustainability
5% of plastic produced in the US
The Aswan Dam
Hoover Dam

10. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Bauxite Ore
Sustainability
Five to seven times

11. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Itaipu Dam
Bauxite Ore
Prompt industrial scrap
95% reduction in air pollution

12. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Smelting
Cullet
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
10% of gasoline in California

13. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
Home scrap
5% of plastic produced in the US
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
95% reduction in air pollution

14. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
Cracking
The Aswan Dam
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

15. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
Sustainability
Cracking
95% reduction in air pollution
79% of all glass beverage containers

16. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
79% of all glass beverage containers
Old scrap
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Thermoset polymers

17. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
Virgin
Sustainability
Geothermal energy
Thermoset polymers

18. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
10% of gasoline in California
95% reduction in air pollution
56% of paper consumed in the US
Thermoset polymers

19. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Resins coded with numbers
10% of gasoline in California
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Bayer refining process

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

21. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
1 -500 C
95% reduction in air pollution
60% of the energy required to make new glass
94.4% of aluminum

22. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
56% of paper consumed in the US
Virgin
11.8% of California's energy
Bauxite Ore

23. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
50% of aluminum
The Resin Identification Code
Five to seven times
Smelting

24. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
Polyethylene
The Grand Coulee Dam
Home scrap
80% of the recycled glass market

25. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Cracking
Biomass
Prompt industrial scrap

26. 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
Hydropower
Annealed
79% of all glass beverage containers
Itaipu Dam

27. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
50% of aluminum
The Resin Identification Code
Bayer refining process
Home scrap

28. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
80% of raw glass material
Resin
Resins coded with numbers
Prompt industrial scrap

29. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Polyethylene
The Aswan Dam
11.8% of California's energy

30. The number of times paper can be reused.
Five to seven times
80% of raw glass material
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
79% of all glass beverage containers

31. Melting point of glass
Old scrap
50% of aluminum
1 -500 C
60% of the energy required to make new paper

32. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
Hydropower
95% reduction in air pollution
Thermoset polymers
Wind

33. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Origin of plastic
Smelting
56% of paper consumed in the US
Bayer refining process

34. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
Prompt industrial scrap
60% of the energy required to make new glass
95% reduction in air pollution
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

35. 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.
Thermoset polymers
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
10% of gasoline in California
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

36. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Origin of plastic
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Home scrap
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

37. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
The Resin Identification Code
Thermoplastic polymers
Thermoset polymers
60% of the energy required to make new paper

38. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
Wind
Geothermal energy
60% of the energy required to make new glass
20% of Code 1 Plastics

39. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
The Aswan Dam
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Home scrap

40. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
Five to seven times
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
40% of landfill material
Annealed

41. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
Polyethylene
The Aswan Dam
79% of all glass beverage containers
Origin of plastic

42. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Itaipu Dam
Transportation uses
Virgin
1 -500 C

43. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Biomass
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Home scrap
Cracking

44. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Cracking
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

45. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
85% of aluminum
Cracking
Virgin
Geothermal energy

46. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
80% of the recycled glass market
Resin
Prompt industrial scrap
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

47. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
40% of landfill material
Three Gorges Dam
Virgin
85% of aluminum

48. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
40% of landfill material
Solar energy
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

49. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Sustainability
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Biomass
Solar energy

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