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CSET Renewable Sources Of Energy And Recycling

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1. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Old scrap
Cracking
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Bayer refining process

2. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
The Resin Identification Code
Itaipu Dam
Thermoplastic polymers
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy

3. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Geothermal energy
Home scrap
Solar energy

4. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
Bayer refining process
Virgin
Bauxite Ore
Hydropower

5. Another word for virgin
Primary
Old scrap
11.8% of California's energy
Cullet

6. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
5% of plastic produced in the US
Cullet
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

7. The process by which ethane and propane are converted to ethylene and propylene
Bauxite Ore
Cracking
50% of aluminum
Geothermal energy

8. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
Geothermal energy
80% of the recycled glass market
The Resin Identification Code
95% reduction in air pollution

9. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Annealed
Secondary
Resin

10. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
60% of the energy required to make new paper
94.4% of aluminum
Cullet

11. Percent of fiber used to make new paper products in the US that comes form recycled sources.
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
10% of gasoline in California
1 -500 C
Geothermal energy

12. Melting point of glass
Old scrap
79% of all glass beverage containers
Polyethylene
1 -500 C

13. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
Primary
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
80% of raw glass material
Prompt industrial scrap

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

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15. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
Origin of plastic
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Solar energy

16. Famous hydroelectric dams
11.8% of California's energy
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
16% of California's energy
Resins coded with numbers

17. 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.
The Resin Identification Code
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Itaipu Dam
Thermoset polymers

18. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
Origin of plastic
20% of Code 1 Plastics
10% of gasoline in California
Prompt industrial scrap

19. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
Smelting
Home scrap
Cracking
Wind

20. Scrap generated by a company that cannot or will not use it. The company sells this scrap on the secondary market
Secondary
Thermoplastic polymers
Sustainability
Prompt industrial scrap

21. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
The Aswan Dam
Home scrap
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
60% of the energy required to make new glass

22. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Bayer refining process
Solar energy
The Grand Coulee Dam
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

23. Percent composition of glass
Home scrap
Annealed
Prompt industrial scrap
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

24. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Virgin
Resin
56% of paper consumed in the US
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

25. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Biomass
Bauxite Ore
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

26. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
60% of the energy required to make new glass
The Grand Coulee Dam
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Resin

27. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Thermoplastic polymers
40% of landfill material
56% of paper consumed in the US

28. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
Biomass
Cullet
Thermoplastic polymers
The Grand Coulee Dam

29. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Prompt industrial scrap
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

30. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
20% of Code 1 Plastics
11.8% of California's energy
Three Gorges Dam
Itaipu Dam

31. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
56% of paper consumed in the US
Hydropower
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Resin

32. Material from discarded consumer products. Source of 1/3 of the aluminum used in the US
Old scrap
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
40% of landfill material
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

33. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
56% of paper consumed in the US
1 -500 C
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Smelting

34. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
85% of aluminum
Sustainability
The Resin Identification Code
1 -500 C

35. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Bauxite Ore
The Aswan Dam
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

36. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
Cullet
Solar energy
10% of gasoline in California
The Resin Identification Code

37. 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
5% of plastic produced in the US
Hydropower
40% of landfill material
Thermoset polymers

38. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
60% of the energy required to make new glass
Annealed
Secondary
40% of landfill material

39. 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
16% of California's energy
80% of the recycled glass market

40. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
Smelting
85% of aluminum
80% of raw glass material
The Resin Identification Code

41. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Thermoplastic polymers
50% of aluminum
10% of gasoline in California

42. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
11.8% of California's energy
Cullet
Bauxite Ore
Old scrap

43. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Hoover Dam
Wind
80% of raw glass material
Five to seven times

44. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Itaipu Dam
Virgin
56% of paper consumed in the US
Wind

45. The five most used forms of renewable energy
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Wind
The Resin Identification Code
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone

46. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
95% reduction in air pollution
56% of paper consumed in the US
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
Sustainability

47. The number of times paper can be reused.
Bauxite Ore
Sustainability
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Five to seven times

48. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Wind
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
Origin of plastic
Thermoplastic polymers

49. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
Wind
Biomass
80% of the recycled glass market
94.4% of aluminum

50. Refers to the removing of oxygen from a metal ore by burning it with a carbon - based fuel or electrolytically.
Origin of plastic
Hoover Dam
Smelting
5% of plastic produced in the US