RELIGION AND LIFE Flashcards
ABORTION
Deliberate ending of a pregnancy
AFTERLIFE
After death of our body ,what happens to us.
ANIMAL RIGHTS
Animals should be treated with respect .
Right to food , water , freedom .
AWE
Sense of wonderment , feeling god revealed.
BIG BANG THEORY
Scientific theory of the origins of universe , explosion.
CHARLES DARWIN
Scientist who proposed theory of evolution.
CREATION
God created universe from nothing e.g . Genesis
CONCEPTION
Point at which sperm fertilizes an egg to begin pregnancy.
CONSERVATION
protecting and repairing natural environment.
DOMINION
Humans given control(charge) of the world
ENVIRONMENT
World around us.
EUTHANASIA
Mercy killing , ending life of a person suffering with degenerative illness.
voluntary(person seeks this)
Non voluntary(family decision)
active(giving drug to shorten life span)
passive(medical support removed to allow natural death)
EVOLUTION
Natural selection , adaptation , reproduction , passing on genes to many generations.
FOSSIL FUELS
Coal , oil , gas non renewable , take millions of years to
develop.
HOSPICE
medical care for dying , emotional support.