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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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1. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
Three Gorges Dam
Thermoset polymers
Cracking
Biomass

2. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
60% of the energy required to make new glass
16% of California's energy

3. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
11.8% of California's energy
95% reduction in air pollution
60% of the energy required to make new glass

4. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Prompt industrial scrap
Cracking
40% of landfill material
Thermoset polymers

5. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
Hoover Dam
10% of gasoline in California
94.4% of aluminum
5% of plastic produced in the US

6. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Annealed
Resin
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Sustainability

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

8. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
94.4% of aluminum
Three Gorges Dam
The Aswan Dam
Smelting

9. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Home scrap
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Smelting
Virgin

10. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Smelting
1 -500 C

11. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
Resin
Transportation uses
The Resin Identification Code
Cullet

12. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Origin of plastic
The Grand Coulee Dam
Cracking
56% of paper consumed in the US

13. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Cullet
5% of plastic produced in the US
Home scrap

14. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
60% of the energy required to make new paper
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

15. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
1 -500 C
Resins coded with numbers
Origin of plastic
Annealed

16. 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% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Sustainability
Annealed
Hydropower

17. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
Solar energy
5% of plastic produced in the US
40% of landfill material
16% of California's energy

18. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Cracking
Transportation uses
80% of raw glass material

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

20. 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
Bauxite Ore
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

21. 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
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Biomass
Polyethylene

22. The five most used forms of renewable energy
The Aswan Dam
16% of California's energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
94.4% of aluminum

23. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Bayer refining process
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Virgin
Cracking

24. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
Resins coded with numbers
5% of plastic produced in the US
Bayer refining process
Three Gorges Dam

25. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
20% of Code 1 Plastics
56% of paper consumed in the US
Origin of plastic
60% of the energy required to make new paper

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

27. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Secondary
Home scrap
Bayer refining process

28. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
5% of plastic produced in the US
56% of paper consumed in the US

29. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
Wind
Home scrap
Transportation uses
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

30. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
Wind
56% of paper consumed in the US
Hoover Dam
Old scrap

31. The simplest plastic polymer.
1 -500 C
Polyethylene
85% of aluminum
Cullet

32. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
85% of aluminum
Thermoplastic polymers
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

33. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
Geothermal energy
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
94.4% of aluminum
80% of the recycled glass market

34. Melting point of glass
80% of raw glass material
1 -500 C
Old scrap
Five to seven times

35. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Annealed
Thermoset polymers
50% of aluminum

36. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Home scrap
Hoover Dam
11.8% of California's energy

37. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Origin of plastic
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Transportation uses

38. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Virgin
Home scrap
Prompt industrial scrap
Resin

39. Another word for virgin
Primary
79% of all glass beverage containers
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Sustainability

40. 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.
Thermoplastic polymers
Thermoset polymers
Origin of plastic
Cullet

41. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
Secondary
Sustainability
94.4% of aluminum
10% of gasoline in California

42. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
85% of aluminum
The Aswan Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
16% of California's energy

43. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
11.8% of California's energy
80% of the recycled glass market
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
80% of raw glass material

44. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Solar energy
Annealed
The Grand Coulee Dam

45. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
80% of raw glass material
10% of gasoline in California
Wind
Bauxite Ore

46. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
95% reduction in air pollution
Wind
The Aswan Dam
Old scrap

47. The number of times paper can be reused.
Three Gorges Dam
Virgin
Five to seven times
Cracking

48. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Origin of plastic
80% of the recycled glass market
Sustainability
56% of paper consumed in the US

49. Famous hydroelectric dams
50% of aluminum
Transportation uses
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Bayer refining process

50. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Old scrap
50% of aluminum
Sustainability
60% of the energy required to make new glass