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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 glass market that is from bottles and jars
80% of the recycled glass market
Hoover Dam
Transportation uses
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

2. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
Hydropower
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Resins coded with numbers
95% reduction in air pollution

3. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Bauxite Ore
Resins coded with numbers
5% of plastic produced in the US
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

4. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Biomass
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
80% of raw glass material
Thermoplastic polymers

5. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Origin of plastic
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Prompt industrial scrap

6. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
79% of all glass beverage containers
Sustainability
Prompt industrial scrap
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

7. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
Hydropower
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Secondary
Bauxite Ore

8. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
Sustainability
Itaipu Dam
Secondary
Cullet

9. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
Prompt industrial scrap
80% of raw glass material
Home scrap
60% of the energy required to make new paper

10. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
50% of aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new paper
The Resin Identification Code
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

11. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
5% of plastic produced in the US
Cracking
20% of Code 1 Plastics
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

12. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
80% of raw glass material
5% of plastic produced in the US
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Annealed

13. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Thermoset polymers
Home scrap
80% of raw glass material
Virgin

14. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Hoover Dam
Biomass
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

15. The number of times paper can be reused.
Geothermal energy
Bayer refining process
Origin of plastic
Five to seven times

16. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
50% of aluminum
11.8% of California's energy
Prompt industrial scrap
Secondary

17. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Thermoset polymers
56% of paper consumed in the US
The Aswan Dam
Secondary

18. Percent composition of glass
40% of landfill material
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

19. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Thermoset polymers
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Smelting
Bauxite Ore

20. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Resins coded with numbers
Old scrap
94.4% of aluminum
The Aswan Dam

21. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Transportation uses
1 -500 C
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
The Aswan Dam

22. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
Cracking
40% of landfill material
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

23. Another word for virgin
Primary
Itaipu Dam
1 -500 C
56% of paper consumed in the US

24. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
60% of the energy required to make new paper
5% of plastic produced in the US
60% of the energy required to make new glass
16% of California's energy

25. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
1 -500 C

26. 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
Origin of plastic
Bayer refining process
10% of gasoline in California

27. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Thermoplastic polymers
Home scrap
Origin of plastic
Annealed

28. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
Itaipu Dam
Sustainability
85% of aluminum
Home scrap

29. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
10% of gasoline in California
Resin
40% of landfill material
5% of plastic produced in the US

30. 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
Hydropower
5% of plastic produced in the US
Five to seven times
Resin

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

32. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
94.4% of aluminum
Annealed
The Aswan Dam
Geothermal energy

33. The simplest plastic polymer.
Solar energy
Itaipu Dam
Bauxite Ore
Polyethylene

34. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
79% of all glass beverage containers
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Hoover Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

35. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
Old scrap
Annealed
80% of the recycled glass market
79% of all glass beverage containers

36. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
Wind
1 -500 C
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

37. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
Three Gorges Dam
11.8% of California's energy
Secondary
60% of the energy required to make new paper

38. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
Primary
Bayer refining process
10% of gasoline in California
Three Gorges Dam

39. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Polyethylene
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

40. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
56% of paper consumed in the US
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
5% of plastic produced in the US
Resin

41. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Thermoset polymers
Cullet
Biomass
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

42. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
94.4% of aluminum
Cracking
79% of all glass beverage containers
Thermoplastic polymers

43. Melting point of glass
Geothermal energy
79% of all glass beverage containers
5% of plastic produced in the US
1 -500 C

44. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Thermoplastic polymers
Hoover Dam
Itaipu Dam
85% of aluminum

45. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
The Grand Coulee Dam
Resins coded with numbers
Itaipu Dam

46. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Thermoplastic polymers
94.4% of aluminum
Cracking

47. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Solar energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Hoover Dam
Geothermal energy

48. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
40% of landfill material
Transportation uses
Hoover Dam
Bayer refining process

49. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Annealed

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