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Conservation

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Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment

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Artificial insemination

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Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means

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Creation

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

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Embryo

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A fertilised egg in the first 8 weeks after conception

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Environment

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

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Global warming

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Increase in temperature the earth atmosphere (thought because by the greenhouse effect)

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Infertility

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Not being able to have a child/children

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In-vitro fertilisation (IVF)

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The method of fertilising a human egg in a TestTube

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Natural resources

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

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Organ donation

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Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery

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Stewardship

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

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Surrogacy

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