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WACE Human Biology Practice Exams with Worked Solutions
20 full-length papers · worked solutions for every question
The 20 practice exams inside the WACE Human Biology Mastery Pack, each set out like the real paper with a separate worked-solution guide. Open any paper to see what it covers.
- Endocrine glands and target organs
- Divisions of the nervous system
- Thermoregulation
- Gene pools and allele frequency
- Interpreting second-hand data and graphs
- Hypothalamus–pituitary control
- The reflex arc
- Blood sugar regulation
- Natural selection and speciation
- Hominin fossil comparisons
- Hormone modes of action and secondary messengers
- Nerve impulse and the synapse
- Body fluid regulation: ADH and aldosterone
- Mutations as the source of variation
- Relative and absolute dating
- Nervous vs endocrine control
- Brain structures and their roles
- Gas concentration control
- Genetic drift and the founder effect
- Tool cultures of hominins
- Receptors and detecting change
- Pathogen transmission mechanisms
- Active and passive immunity
- Phylogenetic trees
- Designing a valid investigation
- External defences against pathogens
- Inflammation and fever
- B and T lymphocytes and memory cells
- Sickle-cell anaemia and gene pools
- Great ape comparative anatomy
- Antibiotics vs antivirals
- Vaccines and immunisation programs
- Thermoregulation in extreme environments
- Gene flow between populations
- Limitations of the fossil record
- Synthetic hormones and endocrine dysfunction
- Sympathetic vs parasympathetic responses
- Feedback loops and tolerance limits
- Selection pressures and phenotypes
- PCR, gel electrophoresis and DNA sequencing
- Protection of the CNS
- Hormones of the pancreas and adrenal glands
- The thirst reflex and osmoreceptors
- Evolution by natural selection mechanisms
- Bipedalism and locomotion adaptations
- Gene therapy and cell replacement therapy
- Afferent and efferent pathways
- Nephron action of ADH and aldosterone
- Comparative biochemistry and bioinformatics
- Prognathism and dentition trends
- Endocrine glands: thyroid and parathyroid
- Spinal cord and reflexes
- Medulla oblongata and breathing control
- Allele frequency calculations from data
- Radiocarbon vs potassium-argon dating
- Recombinant DNA hormones and vaccines
- Somatic vs autonomic control
- Blood glucose feedback after a meal
- Founder effect case studies
- Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis
- Lipid-soluble vs water-soluble hormones
- Chemoreceptors and thermoreceptors
- Behavioural homeostatic mechanisms
- Isolation and speciation
- Stratigraphy and index fossils
- Cerebellum, cerebrum and corpus callosum
- Vector-borne and body-fluid transmission
- Memory cells and secondary response
- Random genetic drift in small populations
- Australopithecus vs Paranthropus
- Pituitary control by the hypothalamus
- Synaptic transmission
- Heat loss and heat gain mechanisms
- Mutagens and chromosome mutations
- Evaluating a media claim about evolution
- Adrenal hormones and stress responses
- Reflex arc structure and speed
- Water and salt balance via skin and kidneys
- Selective advantage of specific phenotypes
- Cognitive evolution and tool manufacture
- Comparing hormone and nerve messages
- Meninges and cerebro-spinal fluid
- Carbon dioxide removal and the ANS
- Gene pools compared across time and place
- Fossil formation and persistence
- Diabetes mellitus and treatment options
- Pain and touch receptors
- Non-specific vs specific immune responses
- Inherited variation and struggle for existence
- Relative size of cerebral cortex across great apes
- Thymus, pineal and gonads
- Propagation of an impulse along a nerve fibre
- Antibody serum and placental antibodies
- Changes in gene flow between adjoining groups
- Mobility of the digits and brachiation
- Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism
- Detecting and responding to external change
- Fever as a non-specific response
- Speciation from separated gene pools
- Homo habilis and Homo sapiens tool cultures
Included in the WACE Human Biology Mastery Pack
20 full-length practice exams with worked solutions, 20 revision notes, 64 practice questions and 200 flashcards.
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