Chemistry-C10-Reduce Reuse Recycle

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Aluminium can be _______ down and _____ ______?
melted down and reused forever
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__ of aluminium every made is still in _____ today?
2/3 is still in circulation today
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It is also a very ______ metal?
stable
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STAGE 1

First,______ are brought in?
cans
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_______ and everything that is not aluminium is _____?
waste
removed
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It will then fall into a ?
crusher
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Where a _____ _____ turns it into a ____?
hydraulic weight
bale
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It is then _____ and turned into new _____?
smelted and turned into new sheets
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PLASTIC

For plastic, what is needed?
crude oil
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_____ and _____ molecules?
oil and gas
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form _______ which are then put into chains to form ______?
monomers
polymers
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These polymers are then _____ and _____ to form _____ (plastic)?
melted and moulded to form cullets
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How many ways are there for plastic to be disposed of?
3
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What are the three ways?
landfill
ocean
recycled
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LANDFILL

If plastic is in landfill, ______ could fall through the waste and absorb _____ _____?
rain could fall through waste and absorb soluble chemicals
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Some of these could be ?
toxic
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Forming a potential harmful stew called?
leachate
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This could flow into what three things?
soil
lakes rivers
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This could potentially kill?
wildlife
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And the plastic takes how long to decompose?
1000 of years
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OCEAN

If it ends up in the ocean the bottle will be drawn to a vortex called?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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This is 1 of 5 _____ in the world?
gyres
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This could lead to
- animals getting ______ in it
-animals ______ it and thinking they are _____ but instead they _____ to _____
-lead to a build up in the food chain (_____)?
-animals getting entangled in it
-animals eating it and thinking they are full but instead they starve to death
-bioaccumulation
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Most plastics dont _______ and slowly break into _______?
dont biodegrade and slowly turn into microplastics
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RECYCLING

Firstly a truck will bring in a _______ of _____?
a collection of plastics
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This will be crushed down into a _____ of ____?
bale of plastic
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This will then be _____ into tiny pieces?
shredded
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It will also be _____ and _____?
washed and melted
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It will then become a _____ material that can be turned into something ____?
raw
new
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GLASS

The glass is firstly _____ and _____ into ______ categories?
sorted and divided into separate categories
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Everything but the _____ is then removed?
glass
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Things like labels and bottletops are also?
removed
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The crushed glass will then enter a?
centrifuge
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It is then melted in a _____and sampled to be made into something ____?
drum
new
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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

__ of aluminium every made is still in _____ today?

Back

2/3 is still in circulation today

Card 3

Front

It is also a very ______ metal?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

STAGE 1

First,______ are brought in?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

_______ and everything that is not aluminium is _____?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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