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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

Subjects : cset, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin






2. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California






3. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use






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

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5. The number of times paper can be reused.






6. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene






7. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.






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

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9. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.






10. 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






11. Another word for virgin






12. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.






13. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market






14. The five most used forms of renewable energy






15. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling






16. Percent composition of glass






17. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.






18. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.






19. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US






20. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California






21. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.






22. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.






23. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world






24. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US






25. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars






26. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.






27. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials






28. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built






29. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet






30. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.






31. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.






32. The simplest plastic polymer.






33. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled






34. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.






35. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil






36. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company






37. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world






38. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.






39. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US






40. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption






41. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper






42. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.






43. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution






44. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted






45. 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.






46. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.






47. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.






48. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite






49. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California






50. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.