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