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