Year 12 · WACE / Human Biology
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- Check the task format, time limit and permitted materials with your school.
- Start with one timed section or task and record where you spent the most time.
- Review errors before attempting another section. Separate missing knowledge from timing problems.
Practice paper focus areas
- Exam 1 — Endocrine glands and target organs; Divisions of the nervous system; Thermoregulation
- Exam 2 — Hypothalamus–pituitary control; The reflex arc; Blood sugar regulation
- Exam 3 — Hormone modes of action and secondary messengers; Nerve impulse and the synapse; Body fluid regulation: ADH and aldosterone
- Exam 4 — Nervous vs endocrine control; Brain structures and their roles; Gas concentration control
- Exam 5 — Receptors and detecting change; Pathogen transmission mechanisms; Active and passive immunity
- Exam 6 — External defences against pathogens; Inflammation and fever; B and T lymphocytes and memory cells
- Exam 7 — Antibiotics vs antivirals; Vaccines and immunisation programs; Thermoregulation in extreme environments
- Exam 8 — Synthetic hormones and endocrine dysfunction; Sympathetic vs parasympathetic responses; Feedback loops and tolerance limits
- Exam 9 — Protection of the CNS; Hormones of the pancreas and adrenal glands; The thirst reflex and osmoreceptors
- Exam 10 — Gene therapy and cell replacement therapy; Afferent and efferent pathways; Nephron action of ADH and aldosterone
- Exam 11 — Endocrine glands: thyroid and parathyroid; Spinal cord and reflexes; Medulla oblongata and breathing control
- Exam 12 — Recombinant DNA hormones and vaccines; Somatic vs autonomic control; Blood glucose feedback after a meal
- Exam 13 — Lipid-soluble vs water-soluble hormones; Chemoreceptors and thermoreceptors; Behavioural homeostatic mechanisms
- Exam 14 — Cerebellum, cerebrum and corpus callosum; Vector-borne and body-fluid transmission; Memory cells and secondary response
- Exam 15 — Pituitary control by the hypothalamus; Synaptic transmission; Heat loss and heat gain mechanisms
- Exam 16 — Adrenal hormones and stress responses; Reflex arc structure and speed; Water and salt balance via skin and kidneys
- Exam 17 — Comparing hormone and nerve messages; Meninges and cerebro-spinal fluid; Carbon dioxide removal and the ANS
- Exam 18 — Diabetes mellitus and treatment options; Pain and touch receptors; Non-specific vs specific immune responses
- Exam 19 — Thymus, pineal and gonads; Propagation of an impulse along a nerve fibre; Antibody serum and placental antibodies
- Exam 20 — Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism; Detecting and responding to external change; Fever as a non-specific response
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