Medical And Environmental Flashcards

1
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Causes of Global warming

A
  • Burning fossil fuels causes rise in temperature

* Natural rise in temperature

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Effects of global warming

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  • Ice Caps melting - land submerged
  • Increase in extreme weather
  • Floods/ drought - food shortages
  • Animals and Plants die.
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3
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Solutions of Global Warming

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•Individual - RRRs
Walk/ cycle
•Govt. and Organisations - laws to reduce energy
• Research - ways to prevent it

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4
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Forms of Pollution

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Waste

Land

Air

Water

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5
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Waste Pollution

Leads to

Cause

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  • takes space –> disease

* tech production

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Land Pollution

Leads to

Cause

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  • poor plant growth, habitat.

* litter, radioactive

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Air Pollution

Leads to

Cause

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  • acid rain, smog

* chemicals, gases

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Water pollution

Leads to

Causes

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  • loss of habitat; low quality of water

* fertilisers, sewage and litter

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9
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Solutions to Pollution

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  • RRRs - create less waste
  • Renewable sources of energy
  • Govt. - anti pollution laws
  • Research- manufacturing methods to reduce waste.
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10
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Non Renewable

✅ and ❌

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• efficient
•cheaper


•pollutes
•runs out

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Renewable

✅ and ❌

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•renewable
•no pollution


•not as efficient

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12
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Issues with scarce NR

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  • Too reliant on them
  • They will run out soon
  • Pollutes
  • Alternatives are available
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13
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Conservation

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Conservation - involves protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment for future generations.

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14
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Solving issues with NR

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  • Use renewable energy sources
  • Conserve electricity
  • walk/ cycle
  • Use renewable source products
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15
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Why Christians should look after Earth?

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•Authority - God gave Dominion - POWER+ RESPONSIBILITY

  • Responsibility- God given
  • Judge- God will
  • Jesus - love and take care
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16
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Effect on Christians

Environment

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  • share fairly - Jesus said
  • conserve resources
  • take care - gift
  • reduce pollution to help
  • teach others
17
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Muslims and Stewardship

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Authority - Khalifas have responsibility.

  • Creation- Allah created so take care.
  • Judge - Allah will judge
  • Ummah- look after the world
18
Q

Infertility treatments

A
  • everyone deserves right to a child
  • worth it
  • same- sex couple can’t naturally conceive
  • be fruitful and multiply
19
Q

Fertility treatments

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  • alternative - adoption
  • expensive
  • drugs have side effects
  • relationship under great strain
19
Q

Christians and Infertility

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  • be fruitful and multiply
  • God intended for married couple to have children
  • Love thy Neighbour
  • God gave Technology
20
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Christians and Infertility

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•embryos destroyed- thou shalt not kill
•3rd person
thou shall not commit adultery
•no one has 'right to have child' of its not God's will
•test
21
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Muslims and Infertility

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  • IVF - Ensoulment
  • sperm and egg from couple
  • technology
  • Allah’s wish
22
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Muslims and Infertility

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  • adultery - IVF
  • surrogacy - wrong, mother is birther
  • plan
  • text
23
Q

Organ Donation

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  • if not used would be wasted
  • helps others
  • 2nd chance for someone
  • saves lives
24
Q

Organ Donation

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  • expensive
  • how to decide who the receiver is?
  • pressured by family to donate.
  • some are taken advantage of
25
Q

Christians and Organ Donation

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  • Love thy neighbour
  • Immortality of the soul - body not seeded.
  • Golden Rule
  • Show gratitude for the body you got.
26
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Christians and Organ Donations

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  • Sanctity of Life - ‘playing God’
  • Plan
  • Test
  • God’s creation- don’t replace parts
27
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Muslims and Organ donation

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  • Allah’s wish for lives to be saved
  • Live donations have no effect on Resurrection
  • Close relative
  • Lawyers allow
28
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Muslims and Organ donation

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  • Qur’an - don’t interfere with body after death.
  • Resurrection needs organ.
  • Sanctity of Life
  • Test