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27 Cards in this Set
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Abortion |
Deliberate expulsion of foetus from womb with the intention to destroy it |
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Afterlife |
Beliefs about what happens after we die to our self / soul |
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Animal rights |
The idea that animals should have rights because of respect for life |
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Awe |
An overwhelming feeling often of reverence with a link to God |
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Big bang theory |
The scientific view of beginning of the universe |
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Charles Darwin |
The man who put forward the theory of evolution in the 19th century |
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Conception |
When the sperm fertilises the female egg so allowing pregnancy |
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Conservation |
To repair and protect animals and area of natural beauty |
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Creation |
Idea that God created the world /universe from nothing |
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Dominion |
Idea that humans have the right to control all of creation |
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Environment |
The world around us |
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Euthanasia |
Mercy killing: ending life for someone who is terminally ill, or has degenerative disease can be voluntary (a person deciding for theme selves ) or involuntary (being decided by others as the individual is incapable |
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Evolution |
Change in inherited traits in a species |
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Fossil fuels |
The Earth's natural resources - coal, oil and gas |
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Hospice |
A place that cares for the dying usually from an incurable disease |
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Hypothesis |
A proposed explanation of something |
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Natural resources |
The resources the earth provides without the aid of mankind |
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Natural selection |
One of the basic mechanism of evolution |
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Pesticide |
Chemicals used to kill pests espically on crops |
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Pro-choice |
Pressure groups which campaign for the right of a woman to decide on abortion |
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Pro-life |
Pressure groups which campaign against abortion / euthanasia |
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Quality of life |
How good / comfortable life is |
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Right to die |
The belief that a human being should be able to control their own death |
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Sancity of life |
Life is special; life is created by God |
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Science |
Knowledge coming from observed regularity in nature and experimentation |
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Stewardship |
Duty to look after the world, and life |
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Sustainable |
Resources that are renewable e.g. Solar, wind and nuclear power |
