8.2

Question 1

artificial insemination

Answer 1

injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means

Question 2

conservation

Answer 2

protecting and preserving natural resources and the enviroment

Question 3

creation

Answer 3

the act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created

Question 4

embryo

Answer 4

a fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after conception

Question 5

enviroment

Answer 5

the surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live

Question 6

global warming

Answer 6

the increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere (thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect)

Question 7

infertility

Answer 7

not being able to have children

Question 8

in-vitro fertilisation

Answer 8

the method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube

Question 9

natural resources

Answer 9

naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans

Question 10

organ donation

Answer 10

giving organs to be used in transplant surgery

Question 11

stewardship

Answer 11

looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation

Question 12

surrogacy

Answer 12

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