Homeostasis, hormones and disease
Free ESAT Biology lesson. Worked examples, common mistakes and a self-check.
What the lesson covers
- Homeostasis and negative feedback (B9.3)
- Blood glucose and diabetes (B9.3)
- Water balance and temperature control (B9.3)
- Hormones, the menstrual cycle and contraception (B9.4)
- Communicable disease (B9.5)
- Defence, vaccines, antibiotics and drug testing (B9.5)
- Non-communicable disease (B9.5)
- Putting it together
- Self-check questions with answers (8)
Specification: B9.3-9.5. Codes follow the UAT-UK ESAT content specification.
How to use it
- Read a section, then cover the worked example and try it yourself.
- Check the common mistakes list: these are the slips the real test is built to catch.
- Do the self-check without looking back. Mark it against the answers.
- Then practise the topic under time, with the matching practice set.
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