Homeostasis Crossword Puzzle

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