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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. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
The Resin Identification Code
Geothermal energy
95% reduction in air pollution
Itaipu Dam

2. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Prompt industrial scrap
Five to seven times
Annealed
Geothermal energy

3. The number of times paper can be reused.
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Transportation uses
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Five to seven times

4. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
80% of the recycled glass market
10% of gasoline in California
94.4% of aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new paper

5. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
80% of the recycled glass market
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Resin
Smelting

6. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Annealed
40% of landfill material
60% of the energy required to make new paper

7. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Bayer refining process
The Resin Identification Code
Origin of plastic
Thermoplastic polymers

8. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
Hydropower
Biomass
Origin of plastic
The Grand Coulee Dam

9. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
85% of aluminum
Sustainability
5% of plastic produced in the US

10. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Annealed
5% of plastic produced in the US
80% of the recycled glass market
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

11. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
40% of landfill material
Biomass
16% of California's energy
Home scrap

12. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
50% of aluminum
79% of all glass beverage containers
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
80% of raw glass material

13. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Five to seven times
1 -500 C
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
20% of Code 1 Plastics

14. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Secondary
Resins coded with numbers
Primary

15. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
Thermoplastic polymers
60% of the energy required to make new glass
The Resin Identification Code
Secondary

16. 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
Transportation uses
Thermoset polymers
Annealed

17. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
80% of raw glass material
Smelting
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Origin of plastic

18. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
Annealed
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
The Resin Identification Code
94.4% of aluminum

19. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
5% of plastic produced in the US
Thermoset polymers
Cracking
Resins coded with numbers

20. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
1 -500 C
56% of paper consumed in the US
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Geothermal energy

21. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
50% of aluminum
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
95% reduction in air pollution
Origin of plastic

22. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
Polyethylene
Solar energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

23. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Hoover Dam
Secondary
79% of all glass beverage containers
Thermoplastic polymers

24. Famous hydroelectric dams
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Annealed
95% reduction in air pollution
85% of aluminum

25. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
80% of the recycled glass market
Bayer refining process
80% of raw glass material
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

26. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Three Gorges Dam
5% of plastic produced in the US
Origin of plastic
Hoover Dam

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

28. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
Three Gorges Dam
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Home scrap
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

29. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
5% of plastic produced in the US
Virgin
50% of aluminum
80% of the recycled glass market

30. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
85% of aluminum
Prompt industrial scrap
Virgin

31. 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
10% of gasoline in California
Geothermal energy
Hydropower
Thermoplastic polymers

32. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
40% of landfill material
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Cullet

33. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
Hydropower
Wind
85% of aluminum
Bauxite Ore

34. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Itaipu Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Virgin

35. The simplest plastic polymer.
Geothermal energy
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Old scrap
Polyethylene

36. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
1 -500 C
Bauxite Ore
10% of gasoline in California
Smelting

37. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Cracking
Bauxite Ore

38. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Bayer refining process
Prompt industrial scrap
Thermoplastic polymers

39. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Resin
Cracking
Biomass

40. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
40% of landfill material
Thermoset polymers
Itaipu Dam
Thermoplastic polymers

41. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
Virgin
The Resin Identification Code
Itaipu Dam
Home scrap

42. 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
Thermoplastic polymers
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

43. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
Sustainability
95% reduction in air pollution
The Aswan Dam
50% of aluminum

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

45. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Biomass
Bayer refining process
Transportation uses
Virgin

46. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Thermoplastic polymers
Solar energy
Cullet
Transportation uses

47. Melting point of glass
Geothermal energy
95% reduction in air pollution
1 -500 C
The Aswan Dam

48. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Prompt industrial scrap
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
The Grand Coulee Dam

49. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
60% of the energy required to make new paper
79% of all glass beverage containers
Bauxite Ore
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

50. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
The Aswan Dam
Origin of plastic
Solar energy