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