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| The taking of a child from a different family into a family ome and bringing them up with the rest of the new family. |
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| Being able to choose to do whatever you want. |
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| Another word for a person's sex, ie male,female. |
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| A difference between the views of young people and their parents. |
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| Plants and animals that have had their natural make-up altered by scientists. |
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| Rules about war and the treatment of prisoners and civilians. |
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| The idea that a child is God's gift to humans. |
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| The scientific concept that the world is getting warmer, |
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| The trapping of heat from the sun in the lower atmosphere due to an increase in carbon dioxide, methane and other pollutants. |
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| A physical or mental disability. |
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| Living in peace with others. |
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| Fighting for a religious cause or God probably controlled by a religious leader. |
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| HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY ACT (1990) |
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| The amendment to the Abortion Act 1967 that reduced time limit to 24 weeks. |
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| The chasing of animals to kill them, which may be done for food, protection for human pleasure. |
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| Persons acting on their own. |
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| How values and opinions are passed to children. |
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| Newspapers, television, films can reinforce or break down stereotypes. |
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| Being entered formally into a religion. |
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| Action taken by groups of countries to help conserve the environment. |
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| A war that the Christian Church defines as acceptable: this must fit certain criteria. the idea was developed by St Thomas Aquinas and the Roman Catholic Church. |
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| Bringing about what is right fair, according to the law or making up for a wrong that has been committed. |
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| Rules in a country that govern how people live. |
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| The way people live that reflects their values and attitudes. |
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| The social process of becoming or being isolated and left out. |
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| The organisations which convey information to the public, especially television and the printed press. |
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| The idea that life is wonderful, amazing or special. |
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| Moral rules by which a person decides to live. |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, an alliance formed to prevent war in Europe. |
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| Disasters cased by nature, eg earthquakes, volcanoes. |
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| The places where species of plants or animals lie in the wild. |
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| Resources that are part of the environment, eg water, minerals, and which are used and often abused by humans. |
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| Not able to be broken down by the environment. |
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| The increase in number of states that have the potential to use nuclear weapons. |
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