Religious Education, Environmental and Medical Issues

Key Words 

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Key Words: 2.1, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.6

Global Warming: The increase in the temperature of the Earth's Atmosphere (thought to be caused by greenhouse effect).

Conservation: Protecting and preserveing natural resources and the Environment 

Natural Resources: Naturally occuring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans. 

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.  

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Key Words: Cont 2.6 and 2.9

Infertility: Not being able to have children.

In-vitro fertilisation: 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.

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

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