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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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1. The simplest plastic polymer.
5% of plastic produced in the US
Secondary
40% of landfill material
Polyethylene

2. The ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
Old scrap
95% reduction in air pollution
Sustainability
20% of Code 1 Plastics

3. Percent of materials used to make new bottles and jars that can be cullet
80% of raw glass material
Annealed
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
Polyethylene

4. Percent of paper consumed in the US that was recovered for recycling
Thermoset polymers
56% of paper consumed in the US
Sustainability
40% of landfill material

5. The identification code used for different types of plastic resin
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
95% reduction in air pollution
The Resin Identification Code
Cullet

6. 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
Thermoplastic polymers
50% of aluminum
60% of the energy required to make new glass

7. On border of Brazil and Paraguay - produces enough energy to fulfill all of California's needs.
Itaipu Dam
Bauxite Ore
Home scrap
Bayer refining process

8. Accounts for 38% of aluminum consumption
Transportation uses
80% of raw glass material
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US
56% of paper consumed in the US

9. Made or recovered from both new and scrap product
Secondary
Transportation uses
80% of the recycled glass market
Resin

10. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in the US
The Aswan Dam
50% of aluminum
The Resin Identification Code
Wind

11. Organic material that can be burned to release energy in the form of heat.
Cracking
Itaipu Dam
Bayer refining process
Biomass

12. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth that can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
Virgin
5% of plastic produced in the US
Geothermal energy
Polyethylene

13. Amount of energy required to make recycled glass products.
Thermoplastic polymers
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
The Aswan Dam
60% of the energy required to make new glass

14. Built to control flooding on the Nile; provided about half of Egypt's electricity at the time it was built
Five to seven times
The Aswan Dam
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
85% of aluminum

15. Was the largest dam at the time it was built; still one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the US.
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
16% of California's energy
Resin
Hoover Dam

16. Amount of energy required to make recycled paper products.
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Transportation uses
94.4% of aluminum
79% of all glass beverage containers

17. (recycling) The original product - not made out of recycled materials
Hydropower
Primary
Virgin
Five to seven times

18. Propane and ethane extracted from crude oil
Origin of plastic
94.4% of aluminum
Virgin
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

19. The process of heating glass to make it stronger
Annealed
70% of virgin aluminum ever made
Geothermal energy
The Resin Identification Code

20. The process by which aluminum oxide is obtained from bauxite
Bayer refining process
Thermoset polymers
79% of all glass beverage containers
Bauxite Ore

21. Have relatively linear molecular structure. When they are heated above their melting point - they soften and flow like a liquid.
85% of aluminum
20% of Code 1 Plastics
Cullet
Thermoplastic polymers

22. Reuse of bottles and crushing of collected glass bottles to be re - melted
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum
1 -500 C
Five to seven times
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers

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

24. Scrap material generated by a company and reused or recycled by that company
Itaipu Dam
Origin of plastic
Home scrap
Annealed

25. Percent of landfill material that is waste paper
40% of landfill material
Polyethylene
Origin of plastic
Cracking

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

27. Mineral from which industrial aluminum is obtained.
Bauxite Ore
Polyethylene
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
94.4% of aluminum

28. 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
60% of the energy required to make new paper
16% of California's energy
80% of raw glass material

29. A kind of polymer that comes in two parts. When the two parts are mixed - they fuse together and harden.
Resin
Cullet
Bayer refining process
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam

30. Radiation from the Sun that can be used directly for heating - or it can be converted to electricity.
Hydropower
Cracking
Solar energy
Three Gorges Dam

31. Percent of glass beer and soft drink bottles that have been recycled in the US
Transportation uses
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Virgin
Resins coded with numbers

32. Thermoplastics - all can be recycled - but not all are.
Resins coded with numbers
Cullet
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
94.4% of aluminum

33. Percent of plastic produced in the US that is recycled
Two forms of recycling glass beverage and food containers
Origin of plastic
5% of plastic produced in the US
Solar energy

34. Percent of gasoline that must be ethanol in California
10% of gasoline in California
Polyethylene
Origin of plastic
The Resin Identification Code

35. Amount of energy required to make a ton of recycled aluminum.
Resin
Primary
Biomass
5% of the energy required to make a ton of virgin aluminum

36. Percent of code 1 plastics that are recycled
11.8% of California's energy
Prompt industrial scrap
85% of aluminum
20% of Code 1 Plastics

37. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in Brazil
94.4% of aluminum
Hydropower
Secondary
Bauxite Ore

38. Air movement that can be harnessed to give mechanical energy or electricity.
40% of landfill material
Wind
Resin
Annealed

39. Percent of glass market that is from bottles and jars
80% of the recycled glass market
Annealed
Hydropower
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles

40. Melting point of glass
1 -500 C
16% of California's energy
Old scrap
Bauxite Ore

41. In China - still being built - will produce the most hydroelectric power in the world
79% of all glass beverage containers
Origin of plastic
Annealed
Three Gorges Dam

42. Percent composition of glass
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
The Grand Coulee Dam
60% of the energy required to make new paper
Solar energy

43. Amount by which recycling paper reduces air pollution
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
95% reduction in air pollution
Five to seven times
Wind

44. The largest damn in the US and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world
79% of all glass beverage containers
The Grand Coulee Dam
Prompt industrial scrap
37% of fiber used to make new paper products in the US

45. Famous hydroelectric dams
Cullet
Home scrap
Three Gorges - Itaipu - Grand Coulee - Hoover - Aswan Dam
60% of the energy required to make new glass

46. Percent of aluminum that is recycled in California
30% of glass beer and soft drink bottles
Polyethylene
85% of aluminum
Origin of plastic

47. Percent of virgin aluminum that is still in use
60% silica sand - 20% soda ash - 15% limestone
Biomass - hydropower - geothermal energy - wind - solar energy
79% of all glass beverage containers
70% of virgin aluminum ever made

48. Another word for virgin
Primary
5% of plastic produced in the US
Annealed
Polyethylene

49. Glass that is crushed and ready to be remelted.
Secondary
Cullet
Smelting
95% reduction in air pollution

50. 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
Five to seven times
Origin of plastic
Prompt industrial scrap