topic 2: Environmental and Medical Issues (Christianity and Sikhism) DEFINITIONS

Question 1

Define: Conservation

Answer 1

Protecting and preserving natural resources and environment

Question 2

Define: Creation

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Define: Environment

Answer 3

Surrounding where plants and animals live which they depend on to live

Question 4

Define: Global Warming

Answer 4

Increase in the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere

Question 5

Define: Natural resources

Answer 5

Natural materials like soil, fertile land which is used by humans

Question 6

Define: Stewardship

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Define: Sustainable Living

Answer 7

Where people make use of the earth’s natural resources without harming the future’s resources

Question 8

Define: Infertility

Answer 8

Not being able to have children

Question 9

Define: Artificial Insemination

Answer 9

Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means

Question 10

Define: In -Vitro Fertilisation

Answer 10

Method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube

Question 11

Define: Embryo

Answer 11

A fertilised egg in the first 8 weeks after conception

Question 12

Define: Surrogacy

Answer 12

Arrangement where a woman bears a child n behalf of another woman

Question 13

Define: Organ Donation

Answer 13

Giving organs to be used in a transplant surgery

Question 14

Define: Sanctity of Life

Answer 14

Belief that life is holy and belongs to God