Homeostasis Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: conduction : transfer of heat by physical contact, ectotherm : an organism that relies on external sources of heat to regulate its body temperature, endotherm : regulate body temperature through metabolism, urea : nitrogenous waste product inside urine, excretion : the removal of metabolic waste from the body, negative : control of blood sugar levels is an example of what type of feedback system, endotherms : organisms that can use internal sources of heat to maintain its body temperature, radiation : transfer of heat by em wave, evaporation : loss of heat caused by converting water to water vapour, positive : feedback loop of enhancing, exothermic : type of reaction where products have less energy than reactants, convection : transfer of heat to/from the air, receptors : changes in internal conditions are detected by, homeostasis : the maintenance of the internal environment within an optimum range, egestion : the elimination of faeces from the body, vasodilate : what blood vessels do to cool down, ectotherm : cannot regulate internal body temperature through metabolism, vasoconstrict : what blood vessels do when body temperature is too low, homeostasis : the process by which the body maintains a dynamic equilibrium, constrict : what do shunt vessels do during vasodilation, metabolic : a disadvantage of ectotherms is that their _ reactions are slower, sweating : process which heat is lost through evaporation, food : a disadvantage of endotherms is that they need more _ , bilirubin : give an example of a bile pigment found in faeces, enzymes : what could denature if internal conditions are not regulated