LOUISIANA HORTICULTURE PRACTICE
TEST ONE ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Alba is a term that describes a plant as _________.
Answer: white
⩥ Triacanthos describes a plant that is _________.
Answer: three spined
⩥ The functions of the root system are:
Answer: anchorage, absorption, conduction and
storage
⩥ The tap root could be described as:
Answer: a fleshy food storing organ
⩥ When a person is preparing to transplant a plant:
Answer: expose the roots to little air as possible
⩥ Plants that are root bound in their containers should:
,Answer: coiled roots should be straightened and pruned
⩥ The xylem is resonsible for:
Answer: transporting water and minerals from the roots upward through
the plant
⩥ An example of a monocot plant would be _________.
Answer: corn
⩥ If the cambium layer and vascular bundles are damaged:
Answer: the plant could die
⩥ Girdling of a plant can be described as:
Answer: damage to the plants food supply pipeline
⩥ A node is considered to be:
Answer: an area on a stem where the leaves emerge
⩥ Tulips develop each spring from _________.
Answer: bulbs
⩥ A plant that developes from rhizome would be _________.
,Answer: cannas
⩥ Potatoes are propogated from _________.
Answer: tubers
⩥ When a plant a "suckers" it means that a new shoot will develops
from the _________.
Answer: roots
⩥ In Louisiana, spring flowerihg bulbs are usually planted from
_________ to _________.
Answer: October to December
⩥ Amaryllis bulbs are usually planted _________.
Answer: during fall
⩥ The term "venation" is a term used to describe a plants _________.
Answer: vein distribution
⩥ A leaf gives off water into the atmosphere through a process called
_________.
Answer: transpiration
, ⩥ If transpiration is more rapid than absorption in a plant:
Answer: the plant will show signs of wilting
⩥ Transpiration in a plant depends on:
Answer: water pressure should be lower in the top of the plant
⩥ The pistil is the:
Answer: female part of the plant
⩥ Ferns reproduce from single cell structures called _________.
Answer: spores
⩥ The highest priority of food produced by leaves is to feed _________.
Answer: flowers
⩥ A primary element used for plant growth would be _________.
Answer: urea
⩥ Overall yellowing of the plant beginning at the bottom of the plant
could mean _________.
Answer: nitrogen deficiency
TEST ONE ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Alba is a term that describes a plant as _________.
Answer: white
⩥ Triacanthos describes a plant that is _________.
Answer: three spined
⩥ The functions of the root system are:
Answer: anchorage, absorption, conduction and
storage
⩥ The tap root could be described as:
Answer: a fleshy food storing organ
⩥ When a person is preparing to transplant a plant:
Answer: expose the roots to little air as possible
⩥ Plants that are root bound in their containers should:
,Answer: coiled roots should be straightened and pruned
⩥ The xylem is resonsible for:
Answer: transporting water and minerals from the roots upward through
the plant
⩥ An example of a monocot plant would be _________.
Answer: corn
⩥ If the cambium layer and vascular bundles are damaged:
Answer: the plant could die
⩥ Girdling of a plant can be described as:
Answer: damage to the plants food supply pipeline
⩥ A node is considered to be:
Answer: an area on a stem where the leaves emerge
⩥ Tulips develop each spring from _________.
Answer: bulbs
⩥ A plant that developes from rhizome would be _________.
,Answer: cannas
⩥ Potatoes are propogated from _________.
Answer: tubers
⩥ When a plant a "suckers" it means that a new shoot will develops
from the _________.
Answer: roots
⩥ In Louisiana, spring flowerihg bulbs are usually planted from
_________ to _________.
Answer: October to December
⩥ Amaryllis bulbs are usually planted _________.
Answer: during fall
⩥ The term "venation" is a term used to describe a plants _________.
Answer: vein distribution
⩥ A leaf gives off water into the atmosphere through a process called
_________.
Answer: transpiration
, ⩥ If transpiration is more rapid than absorption in a plant:
Answer: the plant will show signs of wilting
⩥ Transpiration in a plant depends on:
Answer: water pressure should be lower in the top of the plant
⩥ The pistil is the:
Answer: female part of the plant
⩥ Ferns reproduce from single cell structures called _________.
Answer: spores
⩥ The highest priority of food produced by leaves is to feed _________.
Answer: flowers
⩥ A primary element used for plant growth would be _________.
Answer: urea
⩥ Overall yellowing of the plant beginning at the bottom of the plant
could mean _________.
Answer: nitrogen deficiency
