RELIGION AND SOCIETY 

2 - Environmental and medical issues 

Key words -
Artificial insemination - injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means
Conservation - protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
Creation - the act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created
Embryo - a fertilised egg in the first 8 weeks after conception
Environment -the surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live
Global warming - the increase in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere (caused by greenhouse effect)
Infertility - not being able to have children
In-vitro fertilisation - the method of fertilising a human egg in a test-tube
Natural resources - naturally occurring materials (eg: oil and fertile land) which can be used by humans
Organ donation - giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
Stewardship - looking after something so it can be passed onto the next generation
Surrogacy - an arrangement where a woman carries a child and gives birth on behalf of another woman