edexcel: religion and society - 3rd edition: environmental and medical issues keywords.
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xdollface on May 18, 2010
Subjects:
Religious Studies, religion vocab., gcse
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 global warming | the increase in temperature of the earth's atmosphere (thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect). |
| natural resources | naturally occuring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans. |
| conservation | protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment. |
| creation | the act of creating the universe, or the universe which has been created. |
| environment | the surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live. |
| stewardship | looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation. |
| artificial insemination | injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means. |
| embryo | a fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after conception. |
| infertility | not being able to have children. |
| in-vitro fertilisation (ivf) | the method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube. |
| surrogacy | an arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman or where an egg is donated and fertilised by the husband through ivf and then implanted into the wife's uterus. |
| organ donation | giving organs to be used in transplant surgery. |
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