SHHS Unit 8 Environmental and Medical Issues Key words

Question 1

Global warming

Answer 1

The increase in the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere (thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect)

Question 2

Natural resources

Answer 2

Naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans.

Question 3

Conservation

Answer 3

Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment.

Question 4

Creation

Answer 4

The act of creating the universe, or the universe which has been created.

Question 5

Environment

Answer 5

The surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live.

Question 6

Stewardship

Answer 6

Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation.

Question 7

Artificial insemination

Answer 7

Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means.

Question 8

Embryo

Answer 8

A fertilised egg in the

first eight weeks after conception

Question 9

Infertility

Answer 9

Not being able to have children

Question 10

IVF

Answer 10

The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube.

Question 11

Surrogacy

Answer 11

An arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman or where an egg is fertilised by the man through IVF and then implanted in the woman’s uterus.

Question 12

Organ donation

Answer 12

Giving organs to be

used in transplant surgery.