Controlling Conditions

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  2. 4. Salty fluid secreted by ___ glands (5)
  3. 6. The natural world around us (11)
  4. 7. Metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via (11)
  5. 9. A large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach (8)
  6. 12. A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms (7)
  7. 13. Liquid excretory product (5)
  8. 15. Staying steady without falling over (7)

Down

  1. 1. The secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has (plural) (8)
  2. 3. A number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context (8)
  3. 5. How hot or cold something is (11)
  4. 8. Sweet white crystals added to food (5)
  5. 10. A particle that is electrically charged (plural) (4)
  6. 11. Any bundle of ___ fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body (plural) (6)
  7. 14. White seasoning found in the sea (4)