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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 process of heating glass to make it stronger






2. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US






3. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market






4. Percent composition of glass






5. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.






6. 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.






7. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet






8. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use






9. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.






10. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled






11. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil






12. Another word for virgin






13. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption






14. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper






15. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.






16. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product






17. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials






18. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil






19. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.






20. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.






21. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite






22. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution






23. Melting point of glass






24. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.






25. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene






26. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world






27. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California






28. The five most used forms of renewable energy






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

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30. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built






31. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin






32. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US






33. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted






34. Famous hydroelectric dams






35. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.






36. The simplest plastic polymer.






37. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.






38. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.






39. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled






40. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.






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

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42. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling






43. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US






44. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world






45. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California






46. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company






47. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California






48. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.






49. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.






50. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.






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