Environmental And Medical Issues Flashcards
Conservation
Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
Creation
Universe was created
Embryo
Fertilised egg in the first eight weeks of contraception
Environmental
Surrounding in which plants and animals survive
Global warming
Increase in the earths temperatures, thought to be caused by greenhouse effects
Infertility
Unable to have children
In-vitro fertilisation
Fertilising a human egg in a test tube
Natural resources
Naturally occurring materials
Organ donation
Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
Stewardship
Looking after something that can be passed onto the next generation
Surrogacy
Arrangement where one woman bears a child for another woman, who is infertile
Artificial insemination
Injecting sperm into the uterus by artificial means