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