Environment and Medical Issues

Question 0

Define- Organ donation

Answer 0

Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery

Question 1

Define- Natural resources

Answer 1

Naturally occurring materials such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans

Question 2

Define- Stewardship

Answer 2

Looking after something so it can be passed onto the next generation

Question 3

Define- Surrogacy

Answer 3

An arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf
of another woman
OR
Where an egg is donated and fertilised by the husband through IVF and then implanted into the wife’s uterus

Question 4

Define- Artificial Insemination

Answer 4

Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means

Question 5

Define- Conservation

Answer 5

Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment

Question 6

Define- Creation

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Define- Embryo

Answer 7

A fertilised egg in the first 8 weeks after conception

Question 8

Define- Environment

Answer 8

The surroundings in which plants and animals live on and on which they depend to live

Question 9

Define- Global Warming

Answer 9

The increase in the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere ( thought to be caused by the GreenHouse Effect)

Question 10

Define- Infertility

Answer 10

Not being able to have children

Question 11

Define- In-vitro fertilisation (IVF)

Answer 11

The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube