Theme B Key Words Flashcards
Abortion
The deliberate ending of a pregnancy
Afterlife
Belief about what happens to your body after death
Animal rights
Belief that animals should be treated with respect
Awe
Sense of wonderment, linked to the feeling of God being revealed
Big Bang theory
Scientific theory about the origins of the universe
Charles Darwin
Man who proposed the theory of evolution
Creation
Belief that God created the world from nothing
Conception
The point at witch sperm fertilises an egg - start of pregnancy
Conservation
The practice of protecting nature
Dominion
Belief that humans have control of the world
Environment
The world around us
Euthanasia
Ending the life of a person (voluntary - request to die, non-voluntary - chooses life but is killed, active - killed by an act eg overdose, passive - turning of life support
Evolution
Scientific theory of the development of species
Fossil fuels
Fuels that develop over millions of years under the earths surface
Hospice
Place of medical care for the dying and gives emotional support to families
