Unit 8: Section 2 Flashcards
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What is causing Global Warming?
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- The Greenhouse Effect - Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide that collects in the atmosphere, preventing the sun from getting out.
- Natural Climate Change - Warmest periods in the last 10,000 years happened before humans produced cartoon footprints.
- Solar Activity - The amount of radiation coming from the sun.
2
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What are the solutions to Global Warming?
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- Create electricity in ways that do not produce carbon dioxide, e.g. solar power.
- Car manufacturers are using biodiesel and hydrogen to power cars without carbon emissions.
- Increased use of public transport.
3
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What are the causes of pollution?
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- Acid Rain - Caused by high levels of carbon emissions, damaging buildings and forests.
- Human Waste - Sewage can cause major health problems if not dealt with properly and damage life on land that relies on water.
- Eutrophication - Caused by nitrates through fertilisers, and kills fish in streams/rivers.
- Radioactive Pollution - Nuclear waste can cause death, cancers and having genetically mutated children.
4
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What are the solutions to pollution?
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- Acid Rain - Create electricity from wind/sun/tides.
- Human Waste - Recycle, and use incinerators to produce electricity.
- Eutrophication - Better sewage treatment, and reduce nitrates in farm fertilisers.
- Radioactive Pollution - Some nuclear waste can be reprocessed so that 97% of the waste can be reused.
5
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Why can human use of finite resources cause major problems?
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- If the oil runs out, it would have a major effect on our lifestyles.
- Everything from car panels to kitchen appliances are made from finite resources.
6
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What solutions can we give to using finite resources?
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- Use renewable resources to make electricity.
- Recycling will enable the lifetime of many finite resources to be extended.
- Scientists are working on using chemicals from plants to produce plastics.
- Car manufacturers are looking at water and sugar cane to power cars.
7
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What are the Christian teachings on stewardship?
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- Christians were given the right to rule over the Earth by God in Genesis, but only as his stewards.
- Christians must treat animals/land kindly out of respect for Gods creation.
- Christians will be judged on wether they have been good stewards of Gods Earth.
- Christians have a responsibility to leave the Earth a better place than they found it, based on Jesus’ teachings.
8
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What are the Muslim teachings on stewardship?
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- Muslims are Gods khalifas who have to look after the Earth for God how the Qur’an and the Shari’ah tells them too.
- They will be judged by God on how they have looked after the Earth.
- They should see this life as a test from God. A main part of this test is looking after the environment, and those who fail this test will be punished.
9
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How do beliefs about the environment effect the lives of Christians and Muslims?
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- They should try to reduce pollution.
- They work to share the Earths resources and improve the standards of living in LIC’s.
- Help the work of groups that try to reduce pollution, and conserve natural resources.
- They should try to conserve animal and plant life.
10
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Why would some argue that following religious teaching on stewardship is futile?
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- Only government action can deal with waste disposal.
- Religion might change peoples attitudes, but it won’t build wind farms.
- Recycling has to be organised on an international basis, which is difficult to do by religion.
11
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Why are infertility treatments important?
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- 12.5% of couples in the UK have fertility problems.
- In 2007, 12% of UK births were as a result of fertility treatments.
- It is a part of human nature to want to raise a family, and if fertility treatments can help with this then they must be good.
- Psychological problems can be caused if couples are desperate to have children but cannot. Infertility treatments can prevent these from becoming mental illness’.
12
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What problems are there with infertility treatments?
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- Expensive.
- No guarantees it will work, or work first time.
- Fertility drugs can cause uncomfortable side effects.
- It places the individuals and their relationship under a lot of strain.
- Using donor egg/sperm can be difficult for the infertile partner to come to terms with, and cause difficulty when bonding with a child who is not biologically theirs.
13
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What is the Roman Catholic view on infertility treatments?
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- Only use methods which do not effect the sanctity of life and in which sex is natural.
- IVF involves fertilising several eggs and throwing some away, which is the same as abortion which is banned.
- All forms of surrogacy involve the sin of male masturbation.
- All forms of embryo technology separate fertilisation from sex, but God intended fertilisation to be a part of sex.
- Not everyone has a right to children because God may want them to adopt or do something other than have children.
14
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What is the Protestant view on infertility treatments?
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- Allow IVF and AIH
- One of the purposes of a Christian marriage is to have children.
- The baby will be the biological child of the mother and father.
- The discarded embryos are not foetuses so life is not being taken.
15
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What fertility treatments do Muslims accept? Why?
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- IVF and AIH
- The sperm and egg are from the husband and wife.
- All Muslims should have a family.
- The unused embryos are not foetuses so life is not being taken.
