Environment And Medical Issues

Question 1

Natural resources

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Conservation

Answer 2

Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment.

Question 3

Creation

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Environment

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Stewardship

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Artificial insemination

Answer 6

Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means.

Question 7

Embryo

Answer 7

A fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after CONCEPTION.

Question 8

Infertility

Answer 8

Not being able to have children.

Question 9

IVF (In-vitro fertilisation)

Answer 9

The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube.

Question 10

Surrogacy

Answer 10

An arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman or where an egg is fertilised by the man through IVF and is implanted in the woman’s uterus.

Question 11

Organ donation

Answer 11

Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery.

Question 12

Global warming

Answer 12

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