CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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1. The simplest plastic polymer.
Secondary
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
The Grand Coulee Dam
Polyethylene


2. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
Old scrap
Wind
Transportation uses
70% of virgin aluminum ever made


3. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Itaipu Dam
Thermoplastic polymers
Biomass
The Resin Identification Code


4. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
Resin
Biomass
Geothermal energy
Hydropower


5. Another word for virgin
Five to seven times
Prompt industrial scrap
Primary
Annealed


6. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
94.4% of aluminum
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US


7. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Transportation uses
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
60% of the energy required to make new paper


8. Famous hydroelectric dams
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Bauxite Ore
11.8% of California's energy
60% of the energy required to make new paper


9. The number of times paper can be reused.
Smelting
Five to seven times
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Geothermal energy


10. 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
Virgin
Bayer refining process
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Hydropower


11. 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.
Secondary
Thermoset polymers
94.4% of aluminum
Hoover Dam


12. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
1 -500 C
Bayer refining process
Annealed
Virgin


13. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
56% of paper consumed in the US
Hydropower
5% of plastic produced in the US
Bauxite Ore


14. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
Resins coded with numbers
The Resin Identification Code
5% of plastic produced in the US
Smelting


15. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
Resins coded with numbers
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Smelting
10% of gasoline in California


16. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
The Aswan Dam
Smelting
80% of raw glass material
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum


17. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
The Resin Identification Code
Sustainability
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Prompt industrial scrap


18. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
5% of plastic produced in the US
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
80% of the recycled glass market
85% of aluminum


19. 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
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
10% of gasoline in California
20% of Code 1 Plastics


20. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
1 -500 C
Thermoset polymers
Sustainability
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone


21. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Secondary
79% of all glass beverage containers
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Five to seven times


22. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
80% of raw glass material
Solar energy
The Resin Identification Code
Virgin


23. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
80% of the recycled glass market
Hoover Dam
Origin of plastic
79% of all glass beverage containers


24. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
80% of raw glass material
The Grand Coulee Dam
95% reduction in air pollution
Origin of plastic


25. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Smelting
Origin of plastic
Bayer refining process
Home scrap


26. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Bauxite Ore
79% of all glass beverage containers
Itaipu Dam
20% of Code 1 Plastics


27. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
Itaipu Dam
Transportation uses
Wind
10% of gasoline in California


28. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
79% of all glass beverage containers
20% of Code 1 Plastics
56% of paper consumed in the US
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone


29. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
40% of landfill material
Primary
16% of California's energy
Origin of plastic


30. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
Three Gorges Dam
Wind
50% of aluminum
Thermoplastic polymers


31. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Thermoset polymers
5% of plastic produced in the US
Thermoplastic polymers


32. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
Resin
Resins coded with numbers
85% of aluminum
5% of plastic produced in the US


33. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
79% of all glass beverage containers
Three Gorges Dam
16% of California's energy
60% of the energy required to make new glass


34. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
16% of California's energy
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Biomass
Thermoset polymers


35. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
85% of aluminum
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
79% of all glass beverage containers
Cracking


36. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
Solar energy
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Secondary
Biomass


37. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
Annealed
60% of the energy required to make new glass
94.4% of aluminum
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam


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


39. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
79% of all glass beverage containers
Annealed
80% of raw glass material


40. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Itaipu Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
56% of paper consumed in the US


41. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Itaipu Dam
Hydropower
Geothermal energy


42. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
60% of the energy required to make new glass
40% of landfill material
The Aswan Dam
Home scrap


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


44. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Itaipu Dam
Bauxite Ore
Cullet
The Grand Coulee Dam


45. Melting point of glass
Wind
94.4% of aluminum
80% of the recycled glass market
1 -500 C


46. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
The Grand Coulee Dam
Origin of plastic
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Geothermal energy


47. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
10% of gasoline in California
Hoover Dam
Thermoset polymers
Resins coded with numbers


48. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
60% of the energy required to make new glass
The Grand Coulee Dam
50% of aluminum
Transportation uses


49. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
The Resin Identification Code
95% reduction in air pollution
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Smelting


50. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
79% of all glass beverage containers
50% of aluminum
95% reduction in air pollution
Bauxite Ore