U8.2 Env & Med Key words

Question 1

artificial insemination

Answer 1

injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means.

Question 2

conservation

Answer 2

protecting and preserving natural resources and the enviroment.

Question 3

creation

Answer 3

the act of ceating the universe or the universe or the universe which has been created.

Question 4

embryo

Answer 4

a fertalised egg in the first eight weeks after conception.

Question 5

enviroment

Answer 5

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

Question 6

global warming

Answer 6

the increase in the temperature of the earths atmosphere (thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect).

Question 7

infertility

Answer 7

not been able to have children.

Question 8

in-vitro fertilisation (IVF)

Answer 8

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

Question 9

natural resoures

Answer 9

naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, wich can be used by humans.

Question 10

organ donation

Answer 10

giving organs to be used in transplan surgery.

Question 11

stewardship

Answer 11

looking after something so it can be passe on to the next generation.

Question 12

surrogacy

Answer 12

an arrangement whereby a woman bears a child an behalf of another woman or where an egg is donated and fertilised by the husband through IVF and then implanted into the wifes uterus.