Environmental and medical definitions Flashcards
<p>Conservation </p>
<p>Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment</p>
<p>Creation</p>
<p>The act of creating the universe or the universe that has been created</p>
<p>Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment </p>
<p>Conservation </p>
<p>The act of creating the universe or the universe that has been created</p>
<p>Creation</p>
<p>Environment </p>
<p>The surroundings in which plants and animals live and which they depend on to live</p>
<p>The surroundings in which plants and animals live and which they depend on to live</p>
<p>Environment</p>
<p>Global warming </p>
<p>The increase in the temperature of the Earths atmosphere ( thought to be caused by the green house effect)</p>
<p>The increase in the temperature of the Earths atmosphere ( thought to be caused by the green house effect)</p>
<p>Global warming</p>
<p>Green house effect</p>
<p>The trapping of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which is thought to increase the temperature of the Earth</p>
<p>The trapping of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which is thought to increase the temperature of the Earth</p>
<p>Green house effect </p>
<p>Natural resources </p>
<p>Naturally occurring materials such as oil and fertile land which can be used for humans</p>
<p>Naturally occurring materials such as oil and fertile land which can be used for humans</p>
<p>Natural resources </p>
<p>Pollution</p>
<p>The contamination/degradation of the natural resources</p>
<p>The contamination/degradation of the natural resources</p>
<p>Pollution</p>
<p>Stewardship</p>
<p>Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation </p>
<p>Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation </p>
<p>Stewardship</p>
<p>Artificial insemination </p>
<p>Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means</p>
<p>Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means</p>
<p>Artificial insemination </p>
<p>Embryo</p>
<p>A fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after conception</p>
<p>A fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after conception</p>
<p>Embryo</p>
<p>Infertility </p>
<p>Not being able to have children</p>
<p>Not being able to have children</p>
<p>Infertility</p>
<p>In-vitriol fertilisation IVF</p>
<p>the method of fertilising a. Human egg in. A test tube</p>
<p>the method of fertilising a. Human egg in. A test tube</p>
<p>In-vitriol fertilisation IVF</p>
Organ donation
Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
Organ donation
Surrogacy
An arrangements hereby 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
An arrangements hereby 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
Surrogacy
