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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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

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2. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
Wind
The Resin Identification Code
Smelting
Three Gorges Dam

3. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Bayer refining process
Wind
20% of Code 1 Plastics

4. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
The Aswan Dam
Annealed
Bayer refining process
Resin

5. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Secondary
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
20% of Code 1 Plastics
The Resin Identification Code

6. Melting point of glass
Bauxite Ore
40% of landfill material
1 -500 C
Primary

7. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
Three Gorges Dam
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
20% of Code 1 Plastics
60% of the energy required to make new paper

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

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9. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
80% of raw glass material
85% of aluminum
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
The Grand Coulee Dam

10. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Biomass
Solar energy
The Resin Identification Code
Smelting

11. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Smelting
80% of raw glass material
1 -500 C
Hydropower

12. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Solar energy
Old scrap
60% of the energy required to make new glass
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

13. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Hoover Dam
56% of paper consumed in the US
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Smelting

14. 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
60% of the energy required to make new paper
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Hydropower
The Grand Coulee Dam

15. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
80% of the recycled glass market
Smelting
Secondary
16% of California's energy

16. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
The Resin Identification Code
50% of aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Resins coded with numbers

17. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Prompt industrial scrap
40% of landfill material
Cracking
Virgin

18. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
Resin
Transportation uses
Secondary
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

19. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
11.8% of California's energy
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
56% of paper consumed in the US
Thermoset polymers

20. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
95% reduction in air pollution
Home scrap
5% of plastic produced in the US

21. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
The Resin Identification Code
50% of aluminum
79% of all glass beverage containers
Itaipu Dam

22. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Cullet
The Resin Identification Code
The Aswan Dam
Prompt industrial scrap

23. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Home scrap
80% of raw glass material
Sustainability

24. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Transportation uses
11.8% of California's energy
60% of the energy required to make new paper
79% of all glass beverage containers

25. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
Geothermal energy
The Aswan Dam
94.4% of aluminum
Sustainability

26. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
95% reduction in air pollution
11.8% of California's energy
The Resin Identification Code
Cracking

27. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Virgin
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Origin of plastic
Cracking

28. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
50% of aluminum
85% of aluminum
Origin of plastic
40% of landfill material

29. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Resins coded with numbers
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

30. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Resin
Annealed

31. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
Virgin
Three Gorges Dam
60% of the energy required to make new paper
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

32. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
Thermoplastic polymers
Sustainability
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
1 -500 C

33. The number of times paper can be reused.
85% of aluminum
56% of paper consumed in the US
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Five to seven times

34. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Origin of plastic
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Hydropower
5% of plastic produced in the US

35. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
80% of raw glass material
Smelting
Biomass
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

36. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
60% of the energy required to make new paper
10% of gasoline in California
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Virgin

37. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Cracking
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
56% of paper consumed in the US

38. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
11.8% of California's energy
Prompt industrial scrap
95% reduction in air pollution

39. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Geothermal energy
Secondary

40. The simplest plastic polymer.
Hoover Dam
80% of raw glass material
79% of all glass beverage containers
Polyethylene

41. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Biomass
95% reduction in air pollution
Bayer refining process
50% of aluminum

42. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Secondary
50% of aluminum
Polyethylene
Smelting

43. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
1 -500 C
Resins coded with numbers
Geothermal energy
Bayer refining process

44. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
79% of all glass beverage containers
5% of plastic produced in the US
40% of landfill material
50% of aluminum

45. Famous hydroelectric dams
Home scrap
Annealed
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
The Grand Coulee Dam

46. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
The Resin Identification Code
85% of aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new glass

47. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
Virgin
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Polyethylene
85% of aluminum

48. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
10% of gasoline in California
Polyethylene
1 -500 C
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

49. Another word for virgin
Three Gorges Dam
Primary
Annealed
95% reduction in air pollution

50. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
80% of raw glass material
Bayer refining process
60% of the energy required to make new paper