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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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

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2. The number of times paper can be reused.
Five to seven times
Smelting
Bauxite Ore
5% of plastic produced in the US

3. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
95% reduction in air pollution
40% of landfill material
Cracking
79% of all glass beverage containers

4. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Wind
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Prompt industrial scrap

5. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
80% of raw glass material
Old scrap
Sustainability
Hydropower

6. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
85% of aluminum
Cracking
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Origin of plastic

7. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
Cracking
Prompt industrial scrap
Annealed
85% of aluminum

8. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
Smelting
Wind
5% of plastic produced in the US
Annealed

9. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Cullet
Thermoset polymers
Hydropower
Itaipu Dam

10. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Prompt industrial scrap
Smelting
Five to seven times
Thermoplastic polymers

11. 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
Wind
56% of paper consumed in the US
Hydropower
80% of the recycled glass market

12. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
60% of the energy required to make new paper
56% of paper consumed in the US
Three Gorges Dam

13. 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.
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Thermoset polymers
The Aswan Dam
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

14. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Home scrap
94.4% of aluminum

15. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
85% of aluminum
Transportation uses
The Grand Coulee Dam
Thermoplastic polymers

16. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
Biomass
Cullet
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
5% of plastic produced in the US

17. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
Primary
Wind
Itaipu Dam
80% of the recycled glass market

18. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
The Aswan Dam
80% of raw glass material
Old scrap
Biomass

19. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
Old scrap
Itaipu Dam
10% of gasoline in California
Thermoset polymers

20. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
60% of the energy required to make new paper
50% of aluminum
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Virgin

21. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
The Aswan Dam
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
85% of aluminum

22. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Origin of plastic
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Bayer refining process

23. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
Resin
Bayer refining process
Five to seven times
Home scrap

24. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
1 -500 C
Biomass
Hoover Dam

25. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
Sustainability
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
The Resin Identification Code
5% of plastic produced in the US

26. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
Itaipu Dam
Cullet
79% of all glass beverage containers
Thermoset polymers

27. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Bauxite Ore
Smelting
40% of landfill material

28. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
Bayer refining process
Thermoplastic polymers
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Resin

29. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
The Aswan Dam
Secondary
56% of paper consumed in the US
Itaipu Dam

30. Melting point of glass
60% of the energy required to make new glass
1 -500 C
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

31. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
Itaipu Dam
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
80% of raw glass material
Cracking

32. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Old scrap
Resins coded with numbers
79% of all glass beverage containers
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

33. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Polyethylene
Hydropower

34. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
5% of plastic produced in the US
Bauxite Ore
95% reduction in air pollution
The Grand Coulee Dam

35. The simplest plastic polymer.
Polyethylene
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
16% of California's energy
60% of the energy required to make new glass

36. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Origin of plastic
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Prompt industrial scrap
Solar energy

37. The five most used forms of renewable energy
11.8% of California's energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
79% of all glass beverage containers
Resins coded with numbers

38. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Virgin
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
56% of paper consumed in the US
The Resin Identification Code

39. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Solar energy
The Resin Identification Code
Secondary
Itaipu Dam

40. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
50% of aluminum
80% of the recycled glass market
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
The Resin Identification Code

41. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
Solar energy
Cullet
1 -500 C
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

42. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
Cullet
Five to seven times
60% of the energy required to make new paper
20% of Code 1 Plastics

43. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Transportation uses
50% of aluminum
Bayer refining process

44. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Solar energy
94.4% of aluminum
Itaipu Dam

45. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Three Gorges Dam
Smelting
Transportation uses
Virgin

46. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Five to seven times
Cracking
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

47. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Annealed
Itaipu Dam
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
16% of California's energy

48. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Hydropower
Cullet
Geothermal energy
5% of plastic produced in the US

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

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50. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Itaipu Dam
80% of raw glass material
Five to seven times