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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

Subjects : cset, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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






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






4. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California






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






6. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper






7. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product






8. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.






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






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






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






12. The process of heating glass to make it stronger






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






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






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






16. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.






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






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






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






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






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.






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






23. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use






24. Another word for virgin






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






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






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






28. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.






29. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled






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






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






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






33. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil






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






35. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption






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.






38. Famous hydroelectric dams






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






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






41. Percent composition of glass






42. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars






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






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






45. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution






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






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






48. Melting point of glass






49. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US






50. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil