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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
79% of all glass beverage containers
Wind
11.8% of California's energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
2. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
Resin
50% of aluminum
Smelting
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
3. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
50% of aluminum
40% of landfill material
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new glass
4. Percent of California's energy that comes from hydroelectric plants
5. Percent of California's energy that comes from renewable resources (excluding hydroelectric plants
6. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
16% of California's energy
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
40% of landfill material
Hoover Dam
7. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
Polyethylene
Five to seven times
Home scrap
Sustainability
8. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Geothermal energy
Transportation uses
80% of the recycled glass market
9. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Biomass
Solar energy
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
80% of raw glass material
10. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Home scrap
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Cullet
11. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Resin
Geothermal energy
Solar energy
Home scrap
12. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
80% of the recycled glass market
50% of aluminum
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Primary
13. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Smelting
11.8% of California's energy
Biomass
14. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Resin
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
15. 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.
Origin of plastic
Geothermal energy
Thermoset polymers
Itaipu Dam
16. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
80% of the recycled glass market
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Smelting
40% of landfill material
17. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Origin of plastic
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Solar energy
18. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
The Aswan Dam
Transportation uses
Itaipu Dam
Resins coded with numbers
19. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
The Grand Coulee Dam
50% of aluminum
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
1 -500 C
20. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
Secondary
Solar energy
Three Gorges Dam
Primary
21. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Hydropower
Smelting
22. 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
Sustainability
Hydropower
60% of the energy required to make new paper
23. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Virgin
Three Gorges Dam
Bayer refining process
Bauxite Ore
24. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Secondary
Three Gorges Dam
Sustainability
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
25. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
Sustainability
The Resin Identification Code
Wind
95% reduction in air pollution
26. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
94.4% of aluminum
Primary
Bayer refining process
27. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
56% of paper consumed in the US
Hoover Dam
80% of raw glass material
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
28. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
79% of all glass beverage containers
Thermoset polymers
Prompt industrial scrap
Three Gorges Dam
29. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
Solar energy
Annealed
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Bauxite Ore
30. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
10% of gasoline in California
50% of aluminum
Transportation uses
79% of all glass beverage containers
31. Another word for virgin
Primary
Hydropower
5% of plastic produced in the US
Three Gorges Dam
32. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
Home scrap
The Aswan Dam
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Primary
33. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Biomass
80% of the recycled glass market
Annealed
34. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Transportation uses
Sustainability
79% of all glass beverage containers
Resin
35. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
95% reduction in air pollution
Secondary
40% of landfill material
Virgin
36. The number of times paper can be reused.
Three Gorges Dam
Virgin
Cracking
Five to seven times
37. Percent composition of glass
Transportation uses
80% of raw glass material
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Cracking
38. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
Five to seven times
Origin of plastic
The Aswan Dam
Thermoset polymers
39. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Smelting
The Aswan Dam
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Biomass
40. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in California
5% of plastic produced in the US
79% of all glass beverage containers
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
94.4% of aluminum
41. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Hydropower
The Resin Identification Code
Biomass
Resins coded with numbers
42. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Prompt industrial scrap
The Grand Coulee Dam
Thermoplastic polymers
Wind
43. The simplest plastic polymer.
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Polyethylene
Transportation uses
44. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
94.4% of aluminum
40% of landfill material
Old scrap
Secondary
45. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
85% of aluminum
Geothermal energy
Cracking
Bayer refining process
46. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
5% of plastic produced in the US
Thermoset polymers
The Grand Coulee Dam
Prompt industrial scrap
47. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Thermoset polymers
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Hydropower
Cracking
48. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
The Grand Coulee Dam
60% of the energy required to make new glass
79% of all glass beverage containers
Polyethylene
49. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Bayer refining process
Sustainability
Resins coded with numbers
Itaipu Dam
50. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Old scrap
Hoover Dam
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
1 -500 C