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