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Biology Grade 9 Unit 5: Human Health, Nutrition, and Disease

national exam questions have come from this unit. It runs 34 pages; one careful study pass takes about 3.1 hours, and its difficulty is easier among Biology units. Each section below lists the questions set from it, with the year, and opens the page that teaches it.

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5.1 What is food? · read p. 105
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5.2 Nutrition · read p. 106
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5.3 Nutrients · read p. 106
  • 2017 E.C., Q6 – A man eats only vegetables, beans, banana and orange for one week continuously in his lunch and dinner. For this man, what nutrients are most likely missed in his meal to be a balanced diet?
  • 2008 E.C., Q62 – Deficiency of which of the following nutrients in human diet is likely to result in deficiency of some co-enzyme like FAD?
5.4 Balanced diets · read p. 110
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5.5 Deficiency diseases · read p. 112
  • 2005 E.C., Q25 – Which of the following human diseases can be prevented by taking proper diets?
5.6 Malnutrition · read p. 115
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5.7 Substance abuse · read p. 117
  • 2018 E.C., Q51 – According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is defined as:
5.8 Infectious and noninfectious diseases · read p. 127
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5.8.1 Infectious diseases · read p. 127
  • 2018 E.C., Q72 – Which of the following is an example of disease transmission via droplet infection?
  • 2018 E.C., Q12 – Which of the following is the most common way people get infected with tapeworms?
  • 2018 E.C., Q64 – What is the primary mode of transmission for Leishmania parasites?
  • 2013 E.C., Q15 – Which student do you think is correct?
  • 2013 E.C., Q55 – All are the roles of biology to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS EXCEPT
  • 2012 E.C., Q11 – As compared to infections diseases, functional diseases
  • 2011 E.C., Q21 – In what way does an antiretroviral drug help AIDS patients? It
  • 2011 E.C., Q40 – What is the main method of transmission of botulism?
  • 2011 E.C., Q84 – Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
  • 2009 E.C., Q6 – From which of the following diseases can one be protected by sleeping under the cover of a mosquito net?
  • 2009 E.C., Q22 – Which of the following has the highest risk of HIV transmission?
  • 2008 E.C., Q92 – Which of the following diseases is transmitted by mosquitoes?
  • 2005 E.C., Q27 – Which of the following practices dose NOT normally transmit HIV?
5.8.2 Non-infectious diseases · read p. 136
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5.9 Renowned Nutritionists in Ethiopia · read p. 136
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