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