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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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

2. 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
Hoover Dam
Smelting
Hydropower
Three Gorges Dam

3. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
Wind
10% of gasoline in California
Annealed
Resins coded with numbers

4. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Itaipu Dam
Sustainability
79% of all glass beverage containers
Annealed

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

6. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
10% of gasoline in California
Resins coded with numbers
Biomass
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

7. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
85% of aluminum
Geothermal energy
Home scrap
Smelting

8. The number of times paper can be reused.
Solar energy
Five to seven times
Prompt industrial scrap
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

9. The simplest plastic polymer.
Hydropower
Annealed
Polyethylene
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

10. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
80% of raw glass material
Old scrap
40% of landfill material

11. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Origin of plastic
Secondary
16% of California's energy

12. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Home scrap
Transportation uses
Primary
Bauxite Ore

13. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Annealed
The Resin Identification Code
Resins coded with numbers

14. Melting point of glass
The Resin Identification Code
Bauxite Ore
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
1 -500 C

15. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Bayer refining process
Resin
Geothermal energy
Itaipu Dam

16. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
The Resin Identification Code
50% of aluminum
The Grand Coulee Dam
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

17. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
94.4% of aluminum
10% of gasoline in California
80% of the recycled glass market

18. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Thermoplastic polymers
Bayer refining process
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Prompt industrial scrap

19. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Home scrap
5% of plastic produced in the US
16% of California's energy

20. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Virgin
40% of landfill material
60% of the energy required to make new glass
5% of plastic produced in the US

21. Another word for virgin
Primary
Biomass
The Aswan Dam
40% of landfill material

22. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
Hydropower
Cracking
16% of California's energy
50% of aluminum

23. Famous hydroelectric dams
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
16% of California's energy
Virgin
Resin

24. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
60% of the energy required to make new glass
The Aswan Dam
Five to seven times
50% of aluminum

25. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
79% of all glass beverage containers
Virgin
95% reduction in air pollution
5% of plastic produced in the US

26. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Geothermal energy
Resins coded with numbers
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

27. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Thermoset polymers
Sustainability
The Grand Coulee Dam

28. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Sustainability
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Virgin

29. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
Polyethylene
11.8% of California's energy
95% reduction in air pollution
Secondary

30. 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.
Resin
60% of the energy required to make new glass
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Thermoset polymers

31. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Cullet
Primary
Cracking
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

32. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
94.4% of aluminum
Annealed
Resins coded with numbers
50% of aluminum

33. Percent composition of glass
50% of aluminum
Wind
5% of plastic produced in the US
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

34. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
Annealed
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Bauxite Ore
The Grand Coulee Dam

35. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
80% of raw glass material
Wind
Sustainability
Biomass

36. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Origin of plastic
50% of aluminum
Hoover Dam
Prompt industrial scrap

37. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
5% of plastic produced in the US
Biomass
Solar energy
Hydropower

38. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
Itaipu Dam
80% of raw glass material
Sustainability
Biomass

39. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
40% of landfill material
Three Gorges Dam
Annealed
Home scrap

40. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Secondary
11.8% of California's energy

41. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
Primary
Five to seven times
Secondary
40% of landfill material

42. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
94.4% of aluminum
Wind
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

43. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
Hydropower
Bayer refining process
Bauxite Ore
Three Gorges Dam

44. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
Geothermal energy
16% of California's energy
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Resins coded with numbers

45. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
Three Gorges Dam
The Grand Coulee Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
56% of paper consumed in the US

46. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Smelting
Resins coded with numbers
80% of the recycled glass market
Cracking

47. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Cullet
Geothermal energy
5% of plastic produced in the US
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

48. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Virgin
Thermoplastic polymers
Sustainability
Biomass

49. 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
Bayer refining process
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Polyethylene

50. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
60% of the energy required to make new paper
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Origin of plastic
Three Gorges Dam