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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling
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1. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Hydropower
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Hoover Dam
11.8% of California's energy
2. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
The Grand Coulee Dam
60% of the energy required to make new glass
10% of gasoline in California
Prompt industrial scrap
3. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Cracking
The Grand Coulee Dam
Biomass
4. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
94.4% of aluminum
5% of plastic produced in the US
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Five to seven times
5. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
Geothermal energy
56% of paper consumed in the US
The Aswan Dam
Transportation uses
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
Old scrap
The Aswan Dam
Virgin
7. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Geothermal energy
11.8% of California's energy
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Cullet
8. Melting point of glass
Sustainability
Cracking
1 -500 C
Five to seven times
9. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
The Resin Identification Code
Smelting
60% of the energy required to make new glass
95% reduction in air pollution
10. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Biomass
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Wind
Prompt industrial scrap
11. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
50% of aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new glass
20% of Code 1 Plastics
The Grand Coulee Dam
12. Percent of California's energy that comes from renewable resources (excluding hydroelectric plants
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13. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
20% of Code 1 Plastics
95% reduction in air pollution
Thermoplastic polymers
60% of the energy required to make new glass
14. Another word for virgin
Solar energy
Five to seven times
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Primary
15. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Transportation uses
Three Gorges Dam
Solar energy
79% of all glass beverage containers
16. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Primary
80% of raw glass material
Three Gorges Dam
17. Famous hydroelectric dams
Primary
Hoover Dam
Secondary
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
18. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
Itaipu Dam
The Aswan Dam
The Grand Coulee Dam
Bayer refining process
19. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
85% of aluminum
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Old scrap
80% of the recycled glass market
20. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Old scrap
85% of aluminum
Itaipu Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
21. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
The Resin Identification Code
Origin of plastic
Prompt industrial scrap
Cullet
22. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Geothermal energy
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
5% of plastic produced in the US
Secondary
23. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
Wind
The Aswan Dam
Five to seven times
50% of aluminum
24. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
20% of Code 1 Plastics
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Bayer refining process
Cracking
25. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
Home scrap
95% reduction in air pollution
Five to seven times
Sustainability
26. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
Resin
Bauxite Ore
10% of gasoline in California
80% of the recycled glass market
27. 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% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Hydropower
The Resin Identification Code
Smelting
28. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
79% of all glass beverage containers
Primary
Solar energy
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
29. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Origin of plastic
Annealed
Thermoset polymers
Cullet
30. The number of times paper can be reused.
Virgin
Five to seven times
95% reduction in air pollution
The Aswan Dam
31. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Cullet
11.8% of California's energy
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Secondary
32. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
Bauxite Ore
Resins coded with numbers
85% of aluminum
40% of landfill material
33. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
50% of aluminum
Itaipu Dam
Wind
5% of plastic produced in the US
34. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
Transportation uses
40% of landfill material
Sustainability
The Resin Identification Code
35. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
The Aswan Dam
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Thermoset polymers
36. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
Resin
Old scrap
Bauxite Ore
Resins coded with numbers
37. The simplest plastic polymer.
Resins coded with numbers
56% of paper consumed in the US
Polyethylene
Bayer refining process
38. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
Smelting
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Three Gorges Dam
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
39. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Annealed
Biomass
40. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Bauxite Ore
80% of raw glass material
Hydropower
41. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
11.8% of California's energy
Three Gorges Dam
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Bauxite Ore
42. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Three Gorges Dam
56% of paper consumed in the US
Resins coded with numbers
43. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Wind
Smelting
Bauxite Ore
44. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Biomass
Resin
Cracking
45. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
80% of the recycled glass market
16% of California's energy
40% of landfill material
46. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Biomass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Annealed
Bauxite Ore
47. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Virgin
Old scrap
1 -500 C
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
48. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
1 -500 C
95% reduction in air pollution
Solar energy
10% of gasoline in California
49. The five most used forms of renewable energy
50% of aluminum
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Home scrap
The Resin Identification Code
50. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
95% reduction in air pollution
Wind
Smelting
5% of plastic produced in the US
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