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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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1. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
Wind
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
80% of raw glass material
60% of the energy required to make new glass

2. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Home scrap
The Resin Identification Code
Biomass
Itaipu Dam

3. 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
95% reduction in air pollution
The Resin Identification Code
Hydropower
16% of California's energy

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

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5. The simplest plastic polymer.
Transportation uses
Polyethylene
Primary
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

6. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
79% of all glass beverage containers
5% of plastic produced in the US
10% of gasoline in California
Resins coded with numbers

7. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
Prompt industrial scrap
50% of aluminum
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Hoover Dam

8. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
Solar energy
Prompt industrial scrap
56% of paper consumed in the US
85% of aluminum

9. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
Transportation uses
Smelting
Annealed
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

10. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
1 -500 C
5% of plastic produced in the US
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
85% of aluminum

11. Another word for virgin
Itaipu Dam
Polyethylene
Primary
Biomass

12. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
Sustainability
79% of all glass beverage containers
Hoover Dam
The Grand Coulee Dam

13. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
16% of California's energy
40% of landfill material
94.4% of aluminum
11.8% of California's energy

14. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Hoover Dam
The Aswan Dam
Five to seven times
60% of the energy required to make new glass

15. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Virgin
Old scrap
Three Gorges Dam

16. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
Resin
Prompt industrial scrap
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
80% of the recycled glass market

17. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Cullet
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Bauxite Ore
Solar energy

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

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19. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
79% of all glass beverage containers
Resin
Secondary

20. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Biomass
Prompt industrial scrap
Thermoplastic polymers
Primary

21. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
1 -500 C
The Aswan Dam
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Home scrap

22. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
40% of landfill material
80% of raw glass material
Hoover Dam
Prompt industrial scrap

23. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
Cullet
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
40% of landfill material
56% of paper consumed in the US

24. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Polyethylene
10% of gasoline in California
Sustainability

25. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Cullet
Cracking
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Three Gorges Dam

26. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
Origin of plastic
40% of landfill material
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

27. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
Cracking
Hoover Dam
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Cullet

28. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Thermoplastic polymers
Hydropower

29. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
80% of raw glass material
Prompt industrial scrap
Bauxite Ore
1 -500 C

30. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
The Aswan Dam
Sustainability
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
1 -500 C

31. 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.
Thermoset polymers
1 -500 C
Secondary
50% of aluminum

32. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
5% of plastic produced in the US
Cullet
60% of the energy required to make new glass
16% of California's energy

33. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Smelting
Transportation uses
Hydropower

34. The number of times paper can be reused.
Five to seven times
Three Gorges Dam
Solar energy
Origin of plastic

35. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
Origin of plastic
85% of aluminum
10% of gasoline in California
5% of plastic produced in the US

36. Percent composition of glass
80% of raw glass material
60% of the energy required to make new glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Sustainability

37. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
80% of the recycled glass market
The Grand Coulee Dam
94.4% of aluminum
Bayer refining process

38. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Annealed
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Primary
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

39. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Thermoset polymers
The Aswan Dam
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Virgin

40. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Hoover Dam
Polyethylene
Sustainability

41. Famous hydroelectric dams
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
Old scrap
Resin
Virgin

42. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
95% reduction in air pollution
Thermoset polymers

43. Melting point of glass
Annealed
80% of the recycled glass market
20% of Code 1 Plastics
1 -500 C

44. The five most used forms of renewable energy
56% of paper consumed in the US
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
95% reduction in air pollution

45. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Biomass
94.4% of aluminum
Home scrap
Old scrap

46. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
16% of California's energy
Secondary
80% of raw glass material

47. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Sustainability
Smelting
Three Gorges Dam
79% of all glass beverage containers

48. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Bayer refining process
Biomass
79% of all glass beverage containers
Itaipu Dam

49. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Virgin
95% reduction in air pollution
Geothermal energy
Thermoset polymers

50. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Biomass
Hydropower
Secondary