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