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