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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 beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
80% of the recycled glass market
79% of all glass beverage containers
Bayer refining process
Prompt industrial scrap
2. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Biomass
Origin of plastic
Hoover Dam
3. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
Bauxite Ore
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Polyethylene
Annealed
4. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
80% of raw glass material
Resin
80% of the recycled glass market
Hoover Dam
5. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
80% of raw glass material
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Smelting
6. 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.
Smelting
10% of gasoline in California
Thermoset polymers
Cracking
7. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
94.4% of aluminum
Virgin
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
5% of plastic produced in the US
8. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
11.8% of California's energy
Origin of plastic
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Cracking
9. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Cracking
Geothermal energy
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
60% of the energy required to make new glass
10. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
94.4% of aluminum
85% of aluminum
10% of gasoline in California
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
11. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
Smelting
Bauxite Ore
Thermoset polymers
Three Gorges Dam
12. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
5% of plastic produced in the US
Hydropower
Bauxite Ore
56% of paper consumed in the US
13. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Bayer refining process
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Primary
Five to seven times
14. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Hoover Dam
Resins coded with numbers
5% of plastic produced in the US
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
15. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Thermoset polymers
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Prompt industrial scrap
16. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
Itaipu Dam
50% of aluminum
Bayer refining process
Annealed
17. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Annealed
Transportation uses
95% reduction in air pollution
Hoover Dam
18. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Itaipu Dam
10% of gasoline in California
Transportation uses
19. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
The Resin Identification Code
Virgin
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
20. Percent of California's energy that comes from renewable resources (excluding hydroelectric plants
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21. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
40% of landfill material
Transportation uses
Annealed
Secondary
22. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
The Resin Identification Code
Cullet
79% of all glass beverage containers
23. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
10% of gasoline in California
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Resins coded with numbers
Bayer refining process
24. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
95% reduction in air pollution
Polyethylene
Five to seven times
10% of gasoline in California
25. The number of times paper can be reused.
Five to seven times
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Home scrap
Polyethylene
26. 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
The Aswan Dam
80% of the recycled glass market
Secondary
27. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
Solar energy
The Aswan Dam
Virgin
Bayer refining process
28. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
10% of gasoline in California
20% of Code 1 Plastics
16% of California's energy
29. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
Solar energy
Resin
Cullet
The Aswan Dam
30. Famous hydroelectric dams
Cullet
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Annealed
Prompt industrial scrap
31. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
80% of raw glass material
Secondary
Resin
Wind
32. Melting point of glass
1 -500 C
Hydropower
Smelting
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
33. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Annealed
Resin
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Three Gorges Dam
34. 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
Thermoset polymers
Annealed
Prompt industrial scrap
35. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
1 -500 C
Solar energy
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new glass
36. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Resins coded with numbers
56% of paper consumed in the US
Hydropower
37. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Thermoset polymers
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Biomass
38. 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
The Aswan Dam
1 -500 C
39. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Wind
80% of raw glass material
Itaipu Dam
Three Gorges Dam
40. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Cullet
5% of plastic produced in the US
Primary
Secondary
41. Percent of California's energy that comes from hydroelectric plants
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42. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
80% of raw glass material
11.8% of California's energy
Wind
Hydropower
43. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Annealed
Old scrap
Home scrap
Bauxite Ore
44. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
Bauxite Ore
Primary
Geothermal energy
94.4% of aluminum
45. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
95% reduction in air pollution
Polyethylene
Thermoplastic polymers
10% of gasoline in California
46. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Primary
Solar energy
Prompt industrial scrap
Biomass
47. Another word for virgin
Resins coded with numbers
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Primary
The Resin Identification Code
48. The simplest plastic polymer.
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Resin
The Resin Identification Code
Polyethylene
49. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
The Grand Coulee Dam
95% reduction in air pollution
Five to seven times
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
50. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
79% of all glass beverage containers
85% of aluminum
Cracking
Home scrap