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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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1. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
Bauxite Ore
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Three Gorges Dam
Hoover Dam

2. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
Primary
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Five to seven times

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

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4. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Annealed
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Sustainability
Origin of plastic

5. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Cracking
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Secondary
Thermoset polymers

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

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7. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
Geothermal energy
Annealed
79% of all glass beverage containers
95% reduction in air pollution

8. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
Five to seven times
Thermoplastic polymers
Wind
80% of the recycled glass market

9. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
94.4% of aluminum
Cracking
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

10. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
56% of paper consumed in the US
16% of California's energy
Thermoplastic polymers

11. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
60% of the energy required to make new glass
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
79% of all glass beverage containers
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

12. Another word for virgin
Thermoplastic polymers
Smelting
Primary
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

13. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
Primary
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Bauxite Ore
5% of plastic produced in the US

14. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
The Grand Coulee Dam
16% of California's energy

15. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
5% of plastic produced in the US
56% of paper consumed in the US
Transportation uses
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

16. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Polyethylene
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Wind

17. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
80% of the recycled glass market
Old scrap
95% reduction in air pollution
Thermoset polymers

18. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
85% of aluminum
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Home scrap

19. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Cullet
Smelting
Annealed

20. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
50% of aluminum
Wind
80% of the recycled glass market
40% of landfill material

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.
Three Gorges Dam
Thermoset polymers
Home scrap
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

22. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
20% of Code 1 Plastics
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
5% of plastic produced in the US
Thermoplastic polymers

23. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
Five to seven times
The Resin Identification Code
Itaipu Dam
Origin of plastic

24. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Geothermal energy
Prompt industrial scrap
11.8% of California's energy

25. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Prompt industrial scrap
Five to seven times
Secondary

26. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
Old scrap
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Resins coded with numbers
10% of gasoline in California

27. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
Solar energy
16% of California's energy
Geothermal energy
The Aswan Dam

28. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
80% of raw glass material
94.4% of aluminum
5% of plastic produced in the US
Primary

29. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Itaipu Dam
Origin of plastic
Hoover Dam
94.4% of aluminum

30. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Home scrap
Biomass
Old scrap
79% of all glass beverage containers

31. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
20% of Code 1 Plastics
5% of plastic produced in the US
10% of gasoline in California
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

32. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
95% reduction in air pollution
79% of all glass beverage containers
Solar energy
Old scrap

33. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
Resin
Bauxite Ore
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Sustainability

34. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
56% of paper consumed in the US
Virgin
Primary
Bauxite Ore

35. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
60% of the energy required to make new glass
1 -500 C
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Bayer refining process

36. 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
Bayer refining process
Three Gorges Dam
Hydropower
16% of California's energy

37. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
Transportation uses
Primary
Five to seven times
60% of the energy required to make new paper

38. The number of times paper can be reused.
Five to seven times
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
The Aswan Dam
16% of California's energy

39. Percent composition of glass
95% reduction in air pollution
40% of landfill material
Three Gorges Dam
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

40. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
Hydropower
80% of raw glass material
Thermoplastic polymers
95% reduction in air pollution

41. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Itaipu Dam
11.8% of California's energy
Geothermal energy
Old scrap

42. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Cullet
Cracking
The Resin Identification Code
Old scrap

43. The simplest plastic polymer.
1 -500 C
Polyethylene
Three Gorges Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

44. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Wind
Bauxite Ore
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Resins coded with numbers

45. Melting point of glass
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
1 -500 C
10% of gasoline in California
Virgin

46. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Transportation uses
Polyethylene
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

47. Famous hydroelectric dams
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Sustainability
Prompt industrial scrap
Thermoplastic polymers

48. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
Resins coded with numbers
40% of landfill material
Annealed
Solar energy

49. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
Smelting
10% of gasoline in California
1 -500 C
Bayer refining process

50. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
Solar energy
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Three Gorges Dam
20% of Code 1 Plastics