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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling
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1. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
Bayer refining process
79% of all glass beverage containers
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Three Gorges Dam
2. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Resin
Primary
Cullet
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
3. Famous hydroelectric dams
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
40% of landfill material
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Origin of plastic
4. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Cracking
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Transportation uses
Solar energy
5. Another word for virgin
Primary
Hydropower
10% of gasoline in California
Secondary
6. 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
Biomass
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Prompt industrial scrap
7. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Solar energy
Bayer refining process
Annealed
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
8. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
95% reduction in air pollution
Primary
Solar energy
Sustainability
9. The simplest plastic polymer.
The Grand Coulee Dam
Polyethylene
1 -500 C
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
10. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Hoover Dam
40% of landfill material
56% of paper consumed in the US
Hydropower
11. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
40% of landfill material
80% of raw glass material
Bauxite Ore
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
12. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
95% reduction in air pollution
Home scrap
Cullet
Wind
13. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Virgin
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Prompt industrial scrap
1 -500 C
14. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Wind
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
15. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
94.4% of aluminum
Resins coded with numbers
Polyethylene
Home scrap
16. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Annealed
Three Gorges Dam
94.4% of aluminum
Biomass
17. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
11.8% of California's energy
60% of the energy required to make new glass
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Virgin
18. Percent composition of glass
85% of aluminum
Sustainability
Bayer refining process
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
19. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
40% of landfill material
Thermoplastic polymers
95% reduction in air pollution
5% of plastic produced in the US
20. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
56% of paper consumed in the US
Old scrap
Hydropower
Virgin
21. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Annealed
Prompt industrial scrap
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
22. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
Thermoplastic polymers
Polyethylene
Three Gorges Dam
Geothermal energy
23. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
Primary
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
85% of aluminum
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
24. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Resins coded with numbers
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
20% of Code 1 Plastics
80% of the recycled glass market
25. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
Thermoplastic polymers
5% of plastic produced in the US
The Grand Coulee Dam
The Resin Identification Code
26. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
85% of aluminum
Primary
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Polyethylene
27. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Virgin
Thermoplastic polymers
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
1 -500 C
28. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
80% of raw glass material
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
95% reduction in air pollution
11.8% of California's energy
29. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Solar energy
Three Gorges Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
95% reduction in air pollution
30. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
79% of all glass beverage containers
56% of paper consumed in the US
Origin of plastic
Three Gorges 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
Hydropower
5% of plastic produced in the US
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
60% of the energy required to make new paper
32. Melting point of glass
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
60% of the energy required to make new paper
95% reduction in air pollution
1 -500 C
33. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
50% of aluminum
Virgin
Five to seven times
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
34. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
Three Gorges Dam
Itaipu Dam
The Resin Identification Code
Five to seven times
35. Percent of California's energy that comes from hydroelectric plants
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36. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
95% reduction in air pollution
Solar energy
The Grand Coulee Dam
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
37. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
Thermoplastic polymers
Hoover Dam
94.4% of aluminum
Primary
38. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
56% of paper consumed in the US
Smelting
79% of all glass beverage containers
39. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Cracking
Smelting
16% of California's energy
Solar energy
40. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Origin of plastic
The Resin Identification Code
Cracking
Thermoplastic polymers
41. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Resin
5% of plastic produced in the US
Five to seven times
42. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Itaipu Dam
Solar energy
Transportation uses
The Aswan Dam
43. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
80% of the recycled glass market
Five to seven times
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Sustainability
44. The number of times paper can be reused.
Bayer refining process
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Five to seven times
Prompt industrial scrap
45. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
Itaipu Dam
Old scrap
5% of plastic produced in the US
Wind
46. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Primary
Bayer refining process
Itaipu Dam
60% of the energy required to make new paper
47. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
80% of raw glass material
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Geothermal energy
The Resin Identification Code
48. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
The Aswan Dam
Transportation uses
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Sustainability
49. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
94.4% of aluminum
Thermoset polymers
Polyethylene
50. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
11.8% of California's energy
Geothermal energy
Prompt industrial scrap
Bauxite Ore
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