R.E. Environmental and Medical Issues

R.E. Environmental and Medical Issues

1. Global Warming: The increase in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere.

2. Natural Resources: naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans.

3. Conservation: Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment.

4. Creation: The act of creating the universe, or the universe which has been created.

5. Environment: The surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live.

6. Stewardship: Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation.

7. Artificial Insemination: Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means.

8. Embryo: A fertilised egg in the first eights week after conception

9. Infertility: Not being able to have children.

10. In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF): The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube.

11. Organ Donation: Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery.

12. 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.