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