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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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1. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
Bauxite Ore
Hydropower
10% of gasoline in California
16% of California's energy

2. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
1 -500 C
Wind
Geothermal energy
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

3. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
10% of gasoline in California
Old scrap
Annealed
56% of paper consumed in the US

4. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Solar energy
Biomass
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Bayer refining process

5. Another word for virgin
Primary
Annealed
Bayer refining process
56% of paper consumed in the US

6. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Five to seven times
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Annealed

7. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
60% of the energy required to make new paper
50% of aluminum
10% of gasoline in California
56% of paper consumed in the US

8. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
Solar energy
80% of raw glass material
Resins coded with numbers
10% of gasoline in California

9. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
The Grand Coulee Dam
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Old scrap

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

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11. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
40% of landfill material
Home scrap
Annealed
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

12. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
5% of plastic produced in the US
40% of landfill material
94.4% of aluminum
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

13. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
50% of aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Solar energy
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

14. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Cullet
10% of gasoline in California
Prompt industrial scrap
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

15. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Solar energy
Cullet
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

16. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Bauxite Ore
Smelting
Thermoset polymers

17. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Hydropower
80% of raw glass material
Origin of plastic
The Aswan Dam

18. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
40% of landfill material
5% of plastic produced in the US
10% of gasoline in California
94.4% of aluminum

19. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Annealed
Sustainability
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Itaipu Dam

20. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
10% of gasoline in California
The Aswan Dam
Cracking
Three Gorges Dam

21. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
Smelting
Hydropower
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

22. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
Hydropower
Resin
Wind
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

23. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Cracking
The Aswan Dam
Transportation uses
Sustainability

24. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
60% of the energy required to make new paper
40% of landfill material
Hydropower
50% of aluminum

25. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
60% of the energy required to make new paper
16% of California's energy
Home scrap
79% of all glass beverage containers

26. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Thermoplastic polymers
79% of all glass beverage containers
Polyethylene

27. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Virgin
10% of gasoline in California
Origin of plastic
20% of Code 1 Plastics

28. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
79% of all glass beverage containers
Smelting
Cracking
Resin

29. Famous hydroelectric dams
50% of aluminum
Sustainability
Smelting
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

30. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
20% of Code 1 Plastics
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

31. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Prompt industrial scrap
Transportation uses
Hydropower
Biomass

32. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Cullet
Bayer refining process
Biomass
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

33. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Primary
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
20% of Code 1 Plastics
79% of all glass beverage containers

34. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Cracking
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
The Resin Identification Code
Prompt industrial scrap

35. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
The Grand Coulee Dam
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
85% of aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new paper

36. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Secondary
Cracking

37. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Solar energy
Biomass
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

38. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Cullet
Thermoset polymers
Transportation uses
Old scrap

39. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
Hydropower
95% reduction in air pollution
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Primary

40. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
Resin
40% of landfill material
Secondary
The Resin Identification Code

41. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Hydropower
85% of aluminum
Biomass

42. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Annealed
Resins coded with numbers
Wind
80% of raw glass material

43. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Biomass
Sustainability
The Resin Identification Code

44. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Hoover Dam
56% of paper consumed in the US
Solar energy
80% of raw glass material

45. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
Resin
1 -500 C
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
94.4% of aluminum

46. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
Biomass
85% of aluminum
80% of the recycled glass market
Bayer refining process

47. The simplest plastic polymer.
85% of aluminum
Polyethylene
Transportation uses
20% of Code 1 Plastics

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

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49. 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% of the energy required to make new glass
Hydropower
5% of plastic produced in the US
Transportation uses

50. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
Bayer refining process
10% of gasoline in California
Sustainability
Hydropower