theme b key vocab

abortion

deliberate ending of a pregnancy

afterlife

• belief about what happens to humans

• after our body has died

animal experimentation

• use of animals

• for medical research

• and product testing

awe and wonder

• sense of wonderment at nature

• often linked to the feeling that God is involved/revealed through it

Big Bang Theory

• scientific theory

• about the origins of the universe

• belief that the universe began 14 billion years ago

• with a reaction of particles

• from a singularity followed by a process

• of inflation and expansion

death

end of the physical, bodily life

dominion

• belief that humans have been given control

• of the world

environment

• the world around us

• made up of natural

• or artificial surroundings

euthanasia

• assisting with the ending of life

• for a person who is terminally ill

• or has degenerative illness

evolution

• scientific theory

• of the development of species

• which involves

• a process of natural selection

• and survival of the fittest

natural resources

resources found in nature

pollution

• contamination of an environment

• with harmful substances

quality of life

• standard of health, comfort and happiness/fulfilment

• experienced by a person or group

responsibility

having a duty or obligation to act in a certain way

sanctity of life

• belief that life is sacred/special

• because it was created by God

scientific

knowledge based on what can be observed

stewardship

• duty given by God to humankind

• to look after the created world

• and all life within it