The relationship between recycling, economics, and energy consumption is demonstrated in the case of aluminum, where ________
A) all of the metal recycling industries in the United States went bankrupt by 2009
B) the U.S. failure to recycle aluminum has caused energy to be lost in mining new ore
C) it costs more than 10 times as much to produce items from recycled aluminum than from virgin ore
D) new cheap mining technologies and huge newly discovered aluminum deposits have made recycling unprofitable
E) it requires over 20 times more energy to mine and extract aluminum from bauxite ore than from recycled materials
E
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A. Irian Jaya B. Papua New Guinea C. East Timor D. The Moluccas
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A) large, tightly packed atoms. B) small, loosely bonded atoms. C) large, loosely packed, and loosely bonded atoms. D) large, closely packed, and strong bonded atoms.
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a. Eastern Hemisphere b. Atlantic Ocean c. middle latitudes d. equatorial regions e. polar regions