Keywords Environmental & Medical Issues Flashcards
Natural resources
Naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans
Conservation
Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
Global warming
The increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere ( thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect
Creation
Act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created
Environment
The surroundings in which plants and animals live 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
Infertility
Not being able to have children
Surrogacy
An arrangement whereby a women bears a child on behalf of another women or where an egg is fertilised by the man through IVF and then implanted in the women’s uterus
Organ donation
Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
IVF
The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube
