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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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

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2. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
Secondary
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
80% of raw glass material
1 -500 C

3. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Polyethylene
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Prompt industrial scrap
Cullet

4. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
10% of gasoline in California
50% of aluminum
Smelting
Wind

5. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
Primary
Bauxite Ore
Annealed
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

6. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Virgin
Resin
40% of landfill material

7. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Secondary
95% reduction in air pollution
Resins coded with numbers

8. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Hoover Dam
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

9. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Bayer refining process
Origin of plastic
1 -500 C
Bauxite Ore

10. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
16% of California's energy
56% of paper consumed in the US
Hoover Dam
The Resin Identification Code

11. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Resins coded with numbers
Transportation uses
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

12. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Bauxite Ore
Transportation uses
56% of paper consumed in the US
Annealed

13. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Cracking
Smelting
Polyethylene

14. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Thermoset polymers
Thermoplastic polymers
Bayer refining process
40% of landfill material

15. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Bayer refining process
Cracking
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Solar energy

16. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
Bauxite Ore
Thermoset polymers
Home scrap
Origin of plastic

17. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Secondary
Biomass
56% of paper consumed in the US
Itaipu Dam

18. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
20% of Code 1 Plastics
5% of plastic produced in the US
Home scrap
Cullet

19. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
1 -500 C
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Wind
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

20. 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
Polyethylene
Bayer refining process
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Hydropower

21. 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.
85% of aluminum
Cullet
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Thermoset polymers

22. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
16% of California's energy
Cullet
50% of aluminum
56% of paper consumed in the US

23. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Bayer refining process
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

24. Another word for virgin
Primary
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Bayer refining process
16% of California's energy

25. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
Wind
Secondary
11.8% of California's energy
79% of all glass beverage containers

26. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
Hoover Dam
Origin of plastic
40% of landfill material
The Aswan Dam

27. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Old scrap
60% of the energy required to make new glass
The Grand Coulee Dam
5% of plastic produced in the US

28. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
Solar energy
1 -500 C
60% of the energy required to make new glass
85% of aluminum

29. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Sustainability
20% of Code 1 Plastics
The Aswan Dam
11.8% of California's energy

30. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
Home scrap
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Cullet

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

32. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
56% of paper consumed in the US
Bayer refining process
Geothermal energy
95% reduction in air pollution

33. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
Primary
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
94.4% of aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new glass

34. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
85% of aluminum
Bayer refining process
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

35. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Transportation uses
The Grand Coulee Dam
Cullet
Thermoset polymers

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

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37. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Smelting
10% of gasoline in California

38. Famous hydroelectric dams
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
50% of aluminum
Cracking
Prompt industrial scrap

39. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
Secondary
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Itaipu Dam

40. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
80% of raw glass material
Hoover Dam
5% of plastic produced in the US
20% of Code 1 Plastics

41. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Solar energy

42. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
Transportation uses
Wind
80% of the recycled glass market
50% of aluminum

43. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Resin
Bauxite Ore
Geothermal energy
Biomass

44. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
The Aswan Dam
Solar energy
Three Gorges Dam
Old scrap

45. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
10% of gasoline in California
95% reduction in air pollution
40% of landfill material
The Grand Coulee Dam

46. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Thermoset polymers
95% reduction in air pollution
Itaipu Dam

47. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Hoover Dam
Virgin
Resins coded with numbers

48. Melting point of glass
1 -500 C
Itaipu Dam
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
80% of raw glass material

49. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
50% of aluminum
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Cracking
Resins coded with numbers

50. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
The Resin Identification Code
40% of landfill material
Old scrap
Origin of plastic