Lebanese University Faculty of Agronomy Entrance Examination study plan

Draw and label a plant cell, an animal cell and a bacterial cell from memory, naming at least 12 structures with one function each.

Contrast mitosis and meiosis in a six-row comparison table covering stages, chromosome number, crossing-over and products.

Explain diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, active transport and endocytosis, giving one agronomic example of each.

Solve 30 monohybrid, dihybrid and test-cross genetics problems using probability rules, logging the cause of every error.

Compare C3, C4 and CAM photosynthesis on light saturation, CO2 use and water-use efficiency in a three-column table.

Trace water and mineral movement from root hair to leaf, naming every tissue and the driving force at each step.

Describe the full pathway of one animal system (digestion or blood circulation) in correct anatomical order.

Balance 20 chemical equations and solve 15 stoichiometry problems covering limiting reagent, molarity and percentage yield.

Name 15 compounds from their structures and draw structures from IUPAC names across six functional groups.

Predict the products and conditions of 10 organic reactions: addition, nucleophilic substitution, esterification, oxidation and saponification.

Calculate pH, pKa and titration endpoints for 12 acid-base problems, including sketching one weak-acid/strong-base curve.

Classify 20 organisms by kingdom and phylum, and identify six common Mediterranean plant families from floral formulas.

Solve 25 algebra items on logarithms, exponentials, systems and sequences with no calculator slips.

Differentiate and integrate 20 functions, including chain rule, product rule and integration by parts.

Perform a complete function study on five functions: domain, limits, asymptotes, sign table, derivative table and graph.

Re-work every item missed in weeks 1 to 3 and tag each error as knowledge gap, misreading or calculation.

Solve 20 probability problems covering combinatorics, conditional probability, binomial and normal distributions.

Compute mean, variance and standard deviation for five datasets and interpret the slope of a fitted regression line.

Solve 15 mechanics problems on kinematics, Newton's laws, work-energy and momentum conservation.

Solve 10 fluid problems on hydrostatic pressure, Archimedes' principle, continuity and Bernoulli's equation.

Solve 12 DC circuit problems using Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's rules, including series-parallel networks and power dissipation.

Construct ray diagrams for eight lens and mirror cases and compute image position, size and magnification.

Apply the first law of thermodynamics to eight isothermal, isobaric and adiabatic processes, and calculate Carnot efficiency.

Identify soil horizons in a described profile and assign a texture class from a texture triangle for six samples.

Explain the drivers of the Mediterranean climate and build a monthly water-balance estimate for one Lebanese site.

Diagram the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles and one eight-node food web from a named ecosystem.

Assess erosion risk on a sloping orchard and propose three concrete conservation measures with their mechanism.

Write a 250-word structured scientific answer in French or English using correct technical vocabulary, and compile a trilingual glossary.

Sit two full-length timed mocks covering all six domains and score each by section.

Re-solve twice every item missed in earlier weeks until each is correct without notes.

Recite from memory 100 key definitions and formulas spanning biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics.

Write a 15-line exam-day plan fixing section order, time per section and a final checking routine.