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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. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Prompt industrial scrap
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Thermoset polymers
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

2. The simplest plastic polymer.
80% of raw glass material
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Polyethylene

3. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
Polyethylene
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Biomass
5% of plastic produced in the US

4. 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
50% of aluminum
85% of aluminum
Hydropower
Bayer refining process

5. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
1 -500 C
Itaipu Dam
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Bayer refining process

6. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
5% of plastic produced in the US
94.4% of aluminum
Biomass
20% of Code 1 Plastics

7. Melting point of glass
1 -500 C
Itaipu Dam
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
5% of plastic produced in the US

8. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
50% of aluminum
80% of raw glass material
5% of plastic produced in the US
Home scrap

9. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
The Aswan Dam
Home scrap
Prompt industrial scrap
60% of the energy required to make new paper

10. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
60% of the energy required to make new glass
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Biomass
1 -500 C

11. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
56% of paper consumed in the US
80% of the recycled glass market
Virgin

12. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
11.8% of California's energy
40% of landfill material
Resin
Secondary

13. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
Thermoset polymers
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
10% of gasoline in California
79% of all glass beverage containers

14. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Wind
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Hydropower

15. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
Bauxite Ore
Thermoplastic polymers
80% of raw glass material
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

16. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
95% reduction in air pollution
Five to seven times
85% of aluminum
Thermoplastic polymers

17. Percent composition of glass
The Aswan Dam
Thermoset polymers
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

18. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
The Aswan Dam
10% of gasoline in California
Transportation uses
80% of the recycled glass market

19. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Solar energy
Bauxite Ore
Cullet
Annealed

20. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Home scrap
Annealed
Cracking
Resins coded with numbers

21. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Transportation uses
50% of aluminum
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

22. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
79% of all glass beverage containers
Biomass
56% of paper consumed in the US
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

23. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
Smelting
Bayer refining process
Solar energy
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

24. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Solar energy
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Geothermal energy

25. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Primary
Home scrap
10% of gasoline in California
Hoover Dam

26. Another word for virgin
1 -500 C
60% of the energy required to make new paper
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Primary

27. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Virgin
Geothermal energy
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
20% of Code 1 Plastics

28. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
10% of gasoline in California
5% of plastic produced in the US
Transportation uses
Secondary

29. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
5% of plastic produced in the US
Three Gorges Dam
Old scrap
Thermoset polymers

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

31. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Home scrap
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Itaipu Dam
Smelting

32. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Virgin
Primary
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Thermoplastic polymers

33. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
40% of landfill material
Polyethylene
Secondary
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

34. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Resins coded with numbers
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Three Gorges Dam
Annealed

35. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
Primary
The Resin Identification Code
Five to seven times
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

36. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Virgin
Annealed
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
50% of aluminum

37. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
56% of paper consumed in the US
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
11.8% of California's energy
Smelting

38. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
Smelting
80% of raw glass material
The Grand Coulee Dam
50% of aluminum

39. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Hoover Dam
Old scrap
80% of the recycled glass market

40. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Five to seven times
Old scrap
50% of aluminum
80% of raw glass material

41. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Thermoset polymers
Three Gorges Dam
Bayer refining process
Transportation uses

42. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Origin of plastic
Hoover Dam
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Home scrap

43. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Origin of plastic
Three Gorges Dam
Cullet
Transportation uses

44. Famous hydroelectric dams
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Prompt industrial scrap
50% of aluminum
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

45. 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.
40% of landfill material
Resins coded with numbers
Origin of plastic
Thermoset polymers

46. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
85% of aluminum
80% of raw glass material
Hoover Dam
Primary

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

48. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
Five to seven times
60% of the energy required to make new glass
5% of plastic produced in the US
Origin of plastic

49. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Three Gorges Dam
Biomass
Thermoplastic polymers
Secondary

50. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Home scrap
Sustainability
Five to seven times