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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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1. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
Itaipu Dam
Secondary
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
94.4% of aluminum

2. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
40% of landfill material
5% of plastic produced in the US
Five to seven times
Origin of plastic

3. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Wind
Annealed

4. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Thermoset polymers
Cullet
Geothermal energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

5. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Biomass
95% reduction in air pollution
60% of the energy required to make new glass
79% of all glass beverage containers

6. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
Five to seven times
Sustainability
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
1 -500 C

7. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
The Resin Identification Code
Cullet
80% of the recycled glass market
Resins coded with numbers

8. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Prompt industrial scrap
94.4% of aluminum
95% reduction in air pollution

9. The simplest plastic polymer.
Sustainability
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Polyethylene
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

10. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Cullet
Secondary
Old scrap

11. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Transportation uses
Geothermal energy
The Aswan Dam
Sustainability

12. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Itaipu Dam
Prompt industrial scrap
10% of gasoline in California
Old scrap

13. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Old scrap
Bayer refining process
Polyethylene

14. Percent composition of glass
5% of plastic produced in the US
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Bauxite Ore
Polyethylene

15. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Bauxite Ore
16% of California's energy

16. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Hydropower
Prompt industrial scrap
Home scrap

17. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
40% of landfill material
Cracking
56% of paper consumed in the US
80% of raw glass material

18. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
Virgin
Hoover Dam
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
60% of the energy required to make new paper

19. Melting point of glass
1 -500 C
Old scrap
The Grand Coulee Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

20. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
95% reduction in air pollution
Cullet
Smelting
10% of gasoline in California

21. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
80% of the recycled glass market
Prompt industrial scrap
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
60% of the energy required to make new paper

22. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Cracking
80% of raw glass material
50% of aluminum
The Grand Coulee Dam

23. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
85% of aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Hoover Dam
Geothermal energy

24. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Itaipu Dam
5% of plastic produced in the US
Transportation uses
95% reduction in air pollution

25. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
85% of aluminum
Primary
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
The Aswan Dam

26. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
80% of raw glass material
Home scrap
The Aswan Dam
20% of Code 1 Plastics

27. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
Wind
Resins coded with numbers
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Thermoset polymers

28. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
80% of raw glass material
60% of the energy required to make new glass
1 -500 C
Cracking

29. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Primary
Bauxite Ore
Sustainability

30. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Polyethylene
Hoover Dam
95% reduction in air pollution
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

31. Famous hydroelectric dams
Old scrap
Three Gorges Dam
Itaipu Dam
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

32. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
Solar energy
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
94.4% of aluminum
85% of aluminum

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

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34. 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.
Thermoset polymers
Sustainability
Solar energy
56% of paper consumed in the US

35. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
Resins coded with numbers
10% of gasoline in California
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Prompt industrial scrap

36. The number of times paper can be reused.
Bayer refining process
Five to seven times
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Bauxite Ore

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

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38. Another word for virgin
Resin
Primary
Cracking
40% of landfill material

39. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Thermoplastic polymers
Virgin
40% of landfill material
60% of the energy required to make new glass

40. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Secondary
Wind
Transportation uses
80% of raw glass material

41. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
Resin
60% of the energy required to make new glass
50% of aluminum
Transportation uses

42. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Virgin
Solar energy
Five to seven times
50% of aluminum

43. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
79% of all glass beverage containers
Transportation uses
Primary
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

44. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
Three Gorges Dam
The Grand Coulee Dam
Origin of plastic
95% reduction in air pollution

45. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
Resins coded with numbers
Cracking
Polyethylene
60% of the energy required to make new glass

46. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
Bauxite Ore
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
11.8% of California's energy
Home scrap

47. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Hoover Dam
80% of the recycled glass market

48. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
56% of paper consumed in the US
The Aswan Dam
80% of raw glass material
Three Gorges Dam

49. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Hoover Dam
Transportation uses
Thermoplastic polymers
Hydropower

50. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
Hoover Dam
50% of aluminum
The Resin Identification Code
Home scrap